Multiple parades and celebrations are taking place across metro Atlanta for the July 4th holiday. Take a look at our photo gallery that captures just some of the moments. If you'd like to have your ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. vgajic / E+ via Getty Images We live in the U.S. of Yay! If you're proud to be an American, then there's no better time to show ...

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 ...

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 ...

Long before there were modern fireworks shows as well as sprawling BBQs, the Fourth of July was widely celebrated with parades, picnics, and plenty of old-school charm. From the decade of the 1920s to ...

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 ...

Hundreds of protesters who spent the Fourth of July in downtown Los Angeles to rally against the immigration raids that have roiled the region and the surge in federal funding approved this week to ...

Fourth of July, US Independence Day fireworks are seen over the US Capitol and National Monument in Washington, DC on July 4, 2013. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards (Photo by Paul J. RICHARDS / AFP) (Photo ...