US Independence Day Countrywide Celebrations 2025
The Fourth of July Parade in Banner Elk, N.C., on Friday.Getty Images
US Independence Day Countrywide Celebrations 2025
Fireworks light up the St Louis skyline and the Gateway Arch in anticipation of Fourth of July celebrations
Photograph: David Carson/AP
US Independence Day Countrywide Celebrations 2025
Parade participants carry the American flag during the LibertyFest Parade in Edmond, Okla., on Friday, July 4, 2025.
Nathan J. Fish, The Oklahoman
US Independence Day Countrywide Celebrations 2025
Seven-year-old Lydia Riter and Tanner Zaiz during a parade in Melbourne, Fla., organized by the Space Coast Young Republicans on Friday.Tim Shortt / Florida Today / USA Today Network
US Independence Day Countrywide Celebrations 2025
A protest sign along the parade route in Avondale Estates, Georgia
Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA
US Independence Day Countrywide Celebrations 2025
Clockwise from top left: Two spectators head over to the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Friday; members of the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps before festivities at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., on Friday; a woman at the official weigh-in ceremony ahead of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Thursday; Randa Alakkad, from Syria, listens as Schwarzenegger delivers keynote remarks to new citizens at Mount Vernon on Friday.Getty; AP; Reuters
US Independence Day Countrywide Celebrations 2025
The City Hall building is lit up in the colours of the US national flag on the eve of Independence Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 3
US Independence Day Countrywide Celebrations 2025
A parade participant waves during an Independence Day parade, on Kingston Pike in Farragut, Tenn., on July 4, 2025.
Caitie McMekin, The Knoxville News-Sentinel
US Independence Day Countrywide Celebrations 2025
The top of the Empire State Building is lit in Red, White and Blue as fireworks explode above the Manhattan skyline during Fourth of July celebrations in New York City on July 4
US Independence Day Countrywide Celebrations 2025
Girl Scouts from Troop 436 on their float in the Fourth of July parade in McAllen, Texas
Photograph: Delcia Lopez/AP
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