Yankee Doodle Pops
Every year the July 4 festivities get off with a bang as the Des Moines Symphony puts on “Yankee Doodle Pops” on the Capitol lawn. The event, held each year on July 3, sees tens of thousands of people decend on downtown for a patriotic show, followed by fireworks.
Here’s a few pictures of the festivities.
Des Moines bloggers Fourth of July 2007 Says:
[...] Looks like Josh went to Yankee Doodle Pops - or at least, listened in on the radio and found a great vantage point for [...]
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Beth Says:
My favorite summer memory is standing at the capitol with 100,000 people all clapping cheering along to “The Stars and Stripes Forever” while watching fireworks. Oh, my. I love that–and I’m obviously not the only one!
Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 3:27 pm