Celebrating 4th of July 2011

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Marc and Leilani Doolin of Anaheim Hills, Calif., get a head-start on their Fourth of July fireworks at the 16th Annual "3rd of July" fireworks show, Sunday night at Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange.

Tourists watch Independence Day weekend fireworks explode over Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, as the Bellagio fountain show plays simultaneously, Sunday, July 3, 2011.

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Ed Lawrence, a firefighter in Wheeling, W. Va., helps hang a giant 40-foot American Flag from two ladder trucks during an "Honor Our Troops" event, July 2, 2011, in Wheeling. The weekend's events honor the U.S. military.

Christine Krupkowski, of Arlington, Mass., blows bubbles while waiting for the start of the Boston Pops' 4th of July concert rehearsal at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston, Sunday, July 3, 2011.

Audience members wave flags during the Boston Pops' 4th of July concert rehearsal at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston, Sunday, July 3, 2011. Monday night's performance (which will be broadcast on CBS) will include patriotic music, sing-a-longs, and Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" (featuring the U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers Chorus), followed by a fireworks display.

Fireworks shoot skyward behind the Hatch Shell during rehearsals for the Boston Pops' 4th of July concert, in Boston, Sunday, July 3, 2011.

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Firefighters from four departments compete in the annual waterball competition Sunday, July 3 2011, during the Christiansburg Fourth of July Festival in Christiansburg, Ohio. During the contest, firefighters use water hoses to push a ball back and forth along a cable. The team that keeps the ball in their opponent's side longer wins.

Nineteen-month-old Alivia Comer puts a bean bag through one of the holes in the Uncle Sam bean bag toss game Sunday, July 3 2011 at the Christiansburg Fourth of July Festival in Christiansburg, Ohio.

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Despite an overcast sky and the threat of rain, people still enjoy the holiday on beach of Ventnor City, N.J., on Sunday, July 3, 2011.

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Amary Johanna Gomez, 5, drives her cousin Aiden Valdez, 11 mos., in her decked-out jeep, as her father, Manuel Gomez (upper right) and uncle, Michael Pereira walk down North Street during the Children's Parade, at the beginning of the 15th Annual Independence Day Celebration in Soledad, Calif., Sunday July 3, 2011. The event featured fireworks at dusk.

In honor of the July Fourth holiday weekend, U.S. flags fly from poles that usually bear major league baseball teams' flags, at SafecoField in Seattle, Sunday, July 3, 2011.

The U.S. guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell sails past the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, Monday, July 4, 2011, on her way to berth alongside at Garden Island Naval base. The McCampbell and U.S. guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald arrived in Sydney on American Independence Day as part of a regular port call ahead of the Talisman Sabre war games, to be held off the coast of Queensland later this month.

A U.S. soldier cuts a cake during a meal celebrating Independence Day, at Camp Clark in Mandozai district, Khost province, eastern Afghanistan, July 4, 2011.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Secretary William Hague at unveiling of statue to former U.S. President Ronald Reagan in London today to mark 100 years since his birth. Picture date: Monday July 4, 2011. Ms Rice is representing — Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire URN:11126591 (Press Association via AP Images

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Secretary William Hague are seen at the unveiling of a 10-foot-tall bronze statue of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, in London, July 4, 2011 - the 40th president's centenary year. Rice represented the late president's widow Nancy Reagan at the ceremony, which coincides with American Independence Day celebrations.

Republican presidential candidates work the crowd at the Fourth of July parade in Amherst, N.H., on Monday. At left: Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman shakes hands with Molly Graybill. At right: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

The USS Constitution fires its cannons off Castle Island in Boston on its annual 4th of July turn around Boston Harbor, Monday, July 4, 2011.

Competitors at the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest gorge themselves against the clock on Monday, July 4, 2011, at Coney Island in Brooklyn. Joey Chestnut scarfed down 62 wieners to win his fifth consecutive July Fourth hot dog eating contest - winning $10,000 and the coveted "Mustard Yellow International Belt." For the first time the competition featured a women's division, which was won by Sonya Thomas of Alexandria, Va. Also known as the "Black Widow" of competitive eating, Thomas won with 40 downed dogs, earning her $10,000 and a pink champion's belt. Pepto-Bismol - the official stomach remedy of the contest - also provided the winners with some relief.

Spectators lining Nevada Way shoot water guns at passing floats during the 63rd Annual Boulder City Damboree Parade, Monday, July 4, 2011, in Boulder City, Nev. The last half of the parade entrants are called Water Entrees, making them fair game for water fights with spectators.