Bambang wrote:What do Americans usually do on that day?
Not sure, but I know what my host family used to do. I remember that day very well, I didn't have no fun at all!

Especially because I was hungry all day: I got up at 8 or 9am and just had a glass of orange juice for breakfast (which by the way didn't taste any good). My family used to eat a lot for breakfast -pancakes and other stuff- but I just wasn't used to eating too much for breakfast, especially because I wasn't hungry. So a glass of orange juice. What I didn't know is that I wouldn't eat anything until 6 or 7pm, when they started to cook hamburgers in the backyard. By the time I could finally grab a bite, I was starving
So, what they did was eat burgers in the yard while singing songs and throwing firecrackers, and later watching fireworks.