Airports celebrate July 4th and the freedom to travel

Like you, airports are celebrating the freedom to travel (again) and also marking July 4th.

And we’re gathering up some of the best July 4th messages airports are sharing.

Kicking us off: the patriotic water feature show in Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport. Also: a cool mural you can watch being made at Leonardo da Vinci airport in Rome featuring some celebrity travelers. And aviation-themed matchbooks from the SFO Museum collection at San Francisco International Airport.

An innovative, new artwork now stands out on the facade of Fiumicino airport’s Terminal One. With the piece “Second Renaissance – Flying Away from Covid”, the street artist @Tvboy aims at interpreting the desire for freedom and to fly again through a representation of pic.twitter.com/KSMxeTTr9T
— Aeroporti di Roma (@AeroportidiRoma) July 3, 2021

And these great aviation-themed matchbooks from the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

Although their production has declined dramatically since a heyday in the 1940s-50s, their retro appeal is fueling a resurgence as advertising tools.

Have a happy and safe 4th of July weekend! pic.twitter.com/qnms7Wumzo
— SFO Museum (@SFOMuseum) July 2, 2021

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