Scott Nixon talks with his wife Shiree Nixon during Logan City's Independence Day Celebration at Romney Stadium in Logan Friday. The couple went on their first date to Romney Stadium to watch fireworks July 3, 1976. They have been married for 28 years. (Alan Murray/Herald Journal)
The exploding shells weren’t the only fireworks inside Romney Stadium on July 3, 1976, where Scott and Shiree Nixon had their first date, sitting on the grass at the 40 yard line.