The free fourth of July concert on the capital lawn has a dress rehearsal on the 3rd. So Friday, after the waterfalls, napping and some grub we drove into town to hunt down a parking spot. We found one just a couple blocks west of the federal center sw stop (sweet diggity!) The concert was awesome. We saw Barry Manilow, the National Symphony Orchestra, Aretha Franklin, Natasha Bedingfield, the cast of Jersey Boys, Michael Feinstein and classical pianist Andrew von Oeyen. Plus Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Oscar. Jason’s favorite part was Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” with real cannons firing at the end.