They are wonderful! We have an annual Freedom Festival, about 2 weeks long. For about the last 5 years we have been able to have the Blue Angels or a team like them. They have their show down at our riverfront but they practice for about 2 days prior to. So we see them all over the city practicing and don't have to pay the $15 for a Freedom Festival ticket which gets you into multiple events. The most popular is the hydroplane races. We have a couple of big parking garages at the hospital I used to work at and we would go up to the top and watch the planes. it was also a great place to watch the fire works. Plus you were right at your car and had a head start on all the other people on getting out of all the mess.

The retirment home my Mom lives in is a 100 + year old building downtown close to the river in the historic district. Her windows almost rattle off her walls during their practice (the planes)