Foruth Of July

My favorite reference to the fourth of July in a Stephen King work actually comes from the little book Cycle Of The Werewolf. Of course, by July things have gotten so bad in Tucker's Mill that even the fireworks celebration had been cancelled. When the werewolf attacks, Marty fends him off with good ole fireworks!
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By the way, there's a movie based on this book called Silver Bullet. I know it isn't grade A stuff, but I liked it a lot.
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Of course, other things happened on the fourth in the Stephen King Universe. For instance:

• In The Stand Larry Underwood discovers on July 4th that Rita has committed suicide. You've got to read the book for that one, since her character was combined with another for the mini-series.
• In the final scene in Kubrick's The Shining, we see an old photo of the hotel from July 4, 1921. Right in the front of the crowd is none other than Jack Torrance.