IF YOU GO
* What: Red, White and Blue Day.* When: Noon-4 p.m. Wednesday (museum open 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.).* Where: Creative Discovery Museum, 321 Chestnut St.* Admission: $11.95 (free to active-duty military families with military ID; limit two adults and two children).* Phone: 756-2738.* Website: www.cdmfun.org.SCHEDULE* Noon-4 p.m. Crafts* 2 p.m. Reading of the Declaration of Independence by Uncle Sam* 2:10 p.m. Bubble-wrap fireworks* 2:30 p.m. A 21-Diet Coke geyser salute to America, followed by cake and ice cream
Bubble-wrap fireworks have always been a safe but raucous way for visitors to mark Independence Day at the Creative Discovery Museum.
Last year, Red, White and Blue Day got a little more explosive with the addition of a 21-geyser salute made by mixing Diet Coke and Mentos. The effervescent salute will be re-enacted again this year, this time with military families helping to create the geyser effect.
Carrie Fitzsimmons, public relations coordinator, said some military families have been recruited already, but there are still open spots.
“We’re trying to represent all branches of the armed forces,” she said. “We have Army, Navy and Marines, but we don’t have anybody from the Air Force yet.”