Best photos from Independence Day 2024

Airman 1st Class Imuzi Thompson’s son Mars Thompson walks on stage as he is father gets his certificate during the Barksdale Air Force Base first-ever naturalization ceremony for Barksdale Airmen Tuesday morning, July 2, 2024.

An annual 4th of July tradition, Brevard County (Fla.) Ocean Rescue Lifeguards run the American flag down the beach for the 4th of July. On Thursday morning a group ran the flag from Cherie Down Park in Cape Canaveral to the jetties at Jetty park and back before their shift started for the holiday. Other lifeguards in other locations did the same.

Children and parents frolic in the water sprayed from a Memphis Fire Department fire truck during the 75th Annual High Point Terrace Neighborhood Independence Day Celebration in Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday, July 4, 2024.

A member of the Stony Point Cedar Ridge Navy ROTC carries the American flag in the 2024 Annual Sertoma Independence Day Parade in Round Rock, Texas, July 4, 2024.

A woman pushes her child in a cart with a U.S. flag waving from the top, walking along the dike along the Seneca River of Lake Hartwell looking for a good viewing spot before the Clemson Light the Lake Fireworks event in Clemson, S.C. Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

Revolutionary War reenactors walk in formation in the the Alcott Park July 4th Parade in Milwaukee on Thursday, July 4, 2024.

Sheba barks during the Ridgefield Park (N.J.) Fourth of July Parade, Thursday, July 4, 2024.

Bubbles the miniature horse walk in the Fourth of July parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024 in Independence, Ore.

The annual Doo Dah Parade, celebrating liberty and lunacy, marked by jokes, parody and satire, celebrated around Goodale Park and through Victorian Village (OH.) on the Fourth of July.

Members of Sheboygan’s Hmong community dance during the Fourth of July parade, Thursday, July 4, 2024, in Sheboygan, Wis.

Robert Carroll is shown during the Ridgefield Park(N.J.) Fourth of July Parade, Thursday, July 4, 2024.

The Fourth of July parade makes its way through town during the Prattville Independence Day Celebration in Prattville, Ala., on Thursday July 4, 2024.

Thomas Giles grills hot dogs with his family as children play at Gordon Park in Milwaukee on Thursday, July 4, 2024.

Sisters Jaelynn McMiller, 8, and Madelynn Racine, 5, watch the Fitchburg (Mass.) Fourth of July Parade on Main Street Thursday.

Scenes from Farragut’s (Tenn) annual Independence Day parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024.

Nisha Gusters, left, and Denise King, Miss Stockton and Little Miss Stockton from America’s Virtuous Women’s Pageant ride in a vehicle in the United Veterans Council of San Joaquin’s annual 4th of July parade in downtown Stockton, Calif. on Jul. 4. 2024.

The Ridgefield Park Fourth of July Parade is shown on Main Street, Thursday, July 4, 2024.

The Sheboygan County Sheriff color guard presents the colors during the Fourth of July parade, Thursday, July 4, 2024, in Sheboygan, Wis.

Scouts walk under a large American flag during the Edmond LibertyFest Parade in Edmond, Okla., Thursday, July, 4, 2024.

Children and families sit together watching fireworks during the 4th of July Freedom Celebration Fireworks and Concert in Williamston, S.C. Saturday, June 29, 2024.

Festival-goers brave wet and rainy conditions for Urbandale's Fourth of July celebration on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at Lion's Park.

A man walks through the American Flag display at Veterans Plaza on Beach Street in Daytona Beach, Monday July 1, 2024 reading the name on the tags attached to the flags.

Members of the Tuscaloosa County Bar Association gather and read the Declaration of Independence on the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse steps July 2, 2024 as a part of the nationÕs Independence Day celebration. Hope Cain holds the American flag. She is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution Black Warrior ChapterÕs honor guard.

Fireworks blast near a U.S. flag displayed on a Williamston fire ladder truck, during the 4th of July Freedom Celebration Fireworks and Concert in Williamston, S.C. Saturday, June 29, 2024.

More than 100 people came out to help celebrate at the annual Family Independence Day Celebration & Bike Parade on July 2 at Morgan Sports Complex near Destin (Fla.) Elementary. Youth got the chance to enjoy the bounce house, slip and slide, food trucks, art, face painting, plus participate in the decorated bike parade.

Nashville Recording Artist Tracielynn sings during the 4th of July Freedom Celebration Fireworks and Concert in Williamston, S.C. Saturday, June 29, 2024.

More than 100 people came out to help celebrate at the annual Family Independence Day Celebration & Bike Parade on July 2 at Morgan Sports Complex near Destin Elementary. Youth got the chance to enjoy the bounce house, slip and slide, food trucks, art, face painting, plus participate in the decorated bike parade.

Providence held its annual Independence Day Celebration, topped off with a fireworks display over Providence harbor on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at India Point Park, R.I.

People watch the Lyndhurst, N.J. fireworks display from Riverside Ave, Tuesday, July 2, 2024.

Fireworks end Fort Liberty's Fourth of July observance Saturday, June 29, 2024.

Fireworks light up the night sky above the Manette Bridge during the Bremerton Bridge Blast on Saturday, June 29, 2024 in Bremerton, Wa.

A youngster with a sparkler at the Stars and Stripes Over Framingham event to celebrate the Fourth of July at Farm Pond Park, Ma. on June 28, 2024.