1. My plans for the 4th are...
Watching the first stage of the Tour de France, watching J "work" a couple of local parades, trying to decide where we will try to get a glimpse of fireworks.
2. My favorite memory from a 4th of July celebration is...
watching fireworks on the beach in SD every July 4 growing up. SD does this great thing where they coordinate fireworks shows at different points down the coast (Mission Bay, SD Bay, et al.) and synchronize them all to a patriotic music broadcast on a local station. We would always have pre-parked a car early in the morning and then would walk down for the fireworks and listen to the music on the car radio while sitting in beach chairs snuggling under blankets, and then drive the car home. Makes me happy to think about. 
3. The best thing to eat for 4th of July is...
Rhubard Pie made from my grandmother's Point Loma backyard garden.
4. My favorite firework to see or light is...
Fireworks have always been illegal in SD and most of OC, so can't really say.
5. When I think of 4th of July and what it symbolizes for me, I think of...
Oh gosh, at the risk of sounding cliche...just being proud and feeling blessed to be an American.