A look at how people in Chicagoland celebrated Independence Day with parades and cookouts around the city. People celebrate the Fourth of July with neighborhood fireworks in Chicago’s Pilsen ...

The 4th of July is a holiday that means national celebration. But what that looks like has changed through the decades. From bonfires and muskets to barbecues and parades, Americans have found many ...

Writing to his wife Abigail on July 3, 1776, just one day before the date we still celebrate each year, John Adams imagined how Independence Day should be celebrated. “It ought to be solemnized with ...

Launched in 1904, the first Huntington Beach Fourth of July celebration commemorated the arrival of the first electric passenger train linking the area with Long Beach and Los Angeles, attracting ...

Attendees watch as a series of emergency vehicles, including Evergreen Fire Rescue's Ladder 841, roll down Main Street at the Kalispell 4th of July Parade on Friday, July 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter ...

In Greater Boston, the Fourth of July includes a number of annual traditions: music at the Hatch Shell, the presentation of the Declaration of Independence, and the reading of Frederick Douglass’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica is an entertainment reporter covering TV, film, and music. In honor of Independence Day, Macy’s annual Fourth of July ...

Thousands of spectators gathered in downtown Danville to celebrate 249 years of freedom during the annual Fourth of July parade along San Ramon Valley Boulevard and Hartz Avenue on Friday morning.

For 10 minutes, 750 Pyro Spectaculars’ drones lit up the Fourth of July Friday night sky above the Rose Bowl stadium, wowing attendees by forming traditional American motifs and symbols. The annual ...

The streets of downtown Flagstaff were packed Friday as the annual parade kicked off the Fourth of July holiday weekend.