With this year’s Fourth of July celebrations also being a commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, we present photos from Roll Call’s archives of Independence Day observances from Washington and beyond. A man dressed as Uncle Sam waves to the crowd during the Fourth of July parade in Hockessin, Del., in 2010. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Attendees watch the Fourth of July parade in Purcellville, Va., in 2014. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Bailie Cain, Miss West Virginia Roadkill, waves during the Fourth of July parade in Ripley, W.Va., in 2014. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Spectators watch the fireworks from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in 2015. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call) Then-Sen. Joe Manchin talks with Little Miss 4th of July in Ripley, W.Va., in 2018. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call) Kids ride in wagons at the Independence Day parade in Leesburg, Va., in 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over Washington in 2020 as part of the Salute to America celebration. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Fourth of July fireworks light up the night sky around the Washington Monument in 2020. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Revolutionary War reenactors gather for Independence Day festivities at Mount Vernon, Va., in 2021. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) Naturalization applicants pose at Monticello in Charlottesville, Va., before being sworn in as U.S. citizens in 2021. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) People clad in red, white and blue line the route for the Fourth of July parade in Flagstaff, Ariz., in 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Children watch the Fourth of July parade in Takoma Park, Md., in 2023. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., served as the grand marshal. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., center, left, and Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass. are seen in Boulder City, Nev., in 2019 before the start of the Fourth of July parade. Booker and Moulton were running in the Democratic primary for president at that time. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) People shield themselves from the rain in front of the Lincoln Memorial in 2019 during President Donald Trump’s “Salute to America” event. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) The statue of Gen. James McPherson in McPherson Square is silhouetted by fireworks from the National Mall in 2015. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
