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Fourth of July 2007

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• July 4: Fireworks go off in the background of the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument.
• July 4: A group of patriotically-clad parade participants wave to residents lining the shore near the Arkansas 12 bridge at Beaver Lake.
• July 4: Dan Morrow, right, and his brother Matt Marrow use umbrellas to catch candy being thrown from the Greenwood Action Track float moving along Main Street in Millville, Pa.
• July 4: Neighbors watch as the Greensboro Fire Department raises a large American flag across Independence Road in North Carolina.
• July 4: Jake Scott, 4, looks around as he finishes up in the pie-eating contest during the Garden Homes Neighborhood Fourth of July celebration in Greensboro, N.C.
• July 4: Gary Hallock, 56, wears red, white and blue attire at the 50th annual Delwood II Neighborhood Fourth of July Parade in Austin, Texas.
• July 4: New U.S. citizens wave flags after a naturalization ceremony at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
• July 4: Guests and workers mark Fourth of July at the main U.S. air base in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan.
• July 4: Lucas Boone, 9, left, and Sean Boone, 6, right, ride on a 1974 Volkswagen, during the Colony West Fourth of July parade in Little Rock, Ark.
• July 3: Fireworks light up the night sky over Mount Rushmore National Memorial, S.D., during the 10th annual Heartland of America Independence Day Celebration at the Shrine of Democracy.
• July 4: President Bush waves to the crowd as he arrives at the West Virginia Air National Guard 167th Airlift Wing, in Martinsburg, W.Va.
• July 4: Donald Felt, Command Sgt. Maj. for 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 50, from Pittsburgh, Pa., visits troops at Forward Operating Base Warhorse in Baqouba, Iraq, dressed as 'Uncle Sam.'
• July 4: Donald Felt, Command Sgt. Maj. for 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, visits troops at Forward Operating Base Warhorse in Baqouba, Iraq, dressed as 'Uncle Sam.'
• July 4: Members of the Blue Man Group perform with The Boston Pops at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston.
• July 4: Contestant Joey Chestnut, left, and six-time defending champion Takeru Kobayashi down a hot dog at the official weigh-in for the Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Nathan's Famous at New York's Coney Island.
• July 4: Joey Chestnut poses with 59 1/2 hot dogs at the official weigh-in ceremony for the Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Nathan's Famous at New York's Coney Island.