We had Roman Candle fights. Of our friends, 4 parents had lake houses next to each other with boat houses. We manned the boat docks with an arsenal of Roman Candles. The objective was to make the other guys jump into the water to avoid being hit by a ball. If you went into the water you were out.
The team that had the most, or last, person standing won!
GREAT FUN!
On a personal note: Ben Harned, when around water, always got naked. RIP Ben. You are missed.
It's really really hard to imagine much of that going on in this mess that used to be our country.
And we not only survived just fine, thankyouverymuch, but such was completely unremarkable at the time.