Shady Park offered an unforgettable Fourth of July celebration in 1978. In addition to live music, food, and plenty of ways to cool off, one performance became the talk of the event: a monkey riding a pony took a 30-foot dive into a pool. Charles Duncan captured the old-fashioned holiday fun and the heat that brought crowds to the water’s edge. Here is how to watch WFAA's Fourth of July Flashback Special: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/the-vault/celebrate-fourth-of-july-look-back-through-decades-on-wfaa/287-ef1d0345-5aea-4361-b759-e8372f1f0b89