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Dusk Before the Fireworks
Pictured here, White House staff wait for the fireworks display on the South Lawn.  Carter administration, 7/4/80.
Happy Fourth of July!
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Dusk Before the Fireworks

Pictured here, White House staff wait for the fireworks display on the South Lawn.  Carter administration, 7/4/80.

Happy Fourth of July!

From the White House Blog - Fourth of July with the Presidents

Source: whitehouse.gov

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    • #Presidents
    • #Washington D.C.
    • #Washington Monument
    • #July 4
    • #Independence Day
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Independence Day in Independence, Missouri!
A Boy Scout and Girl Scout ring the Liberty Bell replica at the Harry S. Truman Library.  7/4/59.
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Independence Day in Independence, Missouri!

A Boy Scout and Girl Scout ring the Liberty Bell replica at the Harry S. Truman Library.  7/4/59.

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Source: trumanlibrary.org

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    • #July 4
    • #Boy Scouts
    • #Girl Scouts
    • #Independence Day
    • #Missouri
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Happy birthday America! 
Take a peek at FDR’s “Fourth of July Declaration by the President” circa 1941-1945.
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Happy birthday America! 

Take a peek at FDR’s “Fourth of July Declaration by the President” circa 1941-1945.

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    • #Fourth of July
    • #President Roosevelt
    • #July 4
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