In just a few more weeks we will be winding down the official summer season. The children start back to school and we all have one final summer fling during the Labor Day holiday weekend. Patriotic holidays like Flag Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day are best celebrated in the hot summer sun or watching "the rocket's red glare" under the stars.

Summer holidays have a tradition all their own: hot dogs and charcoal-grilled burgers, potato salad, baseball games, and fireworks. These times are fun for everybody — well, most everybody. If you happen to work in the emergency room or the recreational industry — a state park or a marina — holiday memories might include drunken boaters, burn injuries, or four-wheeler accident victims.

Things like parades and speeches and flying the flag are tr…