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Celebrating America's birthday across the nation
Fourth of July: Parties, parades and pomp and circumstance
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Uncle Sams Fred Polnisch and Gordon Dunham greet each other before the Fourth of July Parade Thursday in Pittsfield, Mass. - photo by Associated Press
NEW YORK — The national holiday to mark America's birth as a country was filled with parades, concerts, competitive eating and, of course, fireworks.
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