The city of Augusta joined many other communities across the state by canceling its Fourth of July parade, according to a dispatcher from the city's police department. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for much of southern Maine
For the capital of a country well into its third century, Washington showed Friday that it still knows how to put on a national birthday party, with a festive morning-to-night schedule of parades, ceremonies and concerts capped off after dark with a
The threat of severe weather had prompted officials to move the traditional July Fourth festivities up one day, marking the first time since 1992 that the extravaganza was rescheduled. Spectators began filling the Hatch Shell area at about 4:30 p.m
Imagine what could be accomplished in the United States if people viewed one another as “just an American, and not an American with a prefix.” That was the main pillar of CNN anchor Don Lemon's inspiring Fourth of July
Forget your home-grown fireworks: the U.S. Navy will celebrate with missiles and rockets and guns explosives and flames and smoke. Happy Independence Day! [YouTube]