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People across the US braved heat and heavy rain to take part in Fourth of July activities on Tuesday, celebrating the nations founding with parades, fireworks and hot dog eating contests Wed 5 Jul 2023 03.48EDT Last modified on Wed 5 Jul 2023 03.59EDT

Fourth of July marked in the US – in pictures

People across the US braved heat and heavy rain to take part in Fourth of July activities on Tuesday, celebrating the nation’s founding with parades, fireworks and hot dog eating contests

Main image: Amber Hess, lifts her daughter, Emorie Narvaez, during Harrisburg’s Fourth of July Food Truck Festival. Photograph: Mark Pynes/AP

Wed 5 Jul 2023 03.48 EDT Last modified on Wed 5 Jul 2023 03.59 EDT

  • People attend the traditional Independence Day parade in Washington DC

  • The US president, Joe Biden, and the first lady, Jill Biden, marked Fourth of July with an event for military and veterans’ families

  • A youngster attends the Fourth of July event at the White House

  • Biden greets guests on the South Lawn

  • Ne-Yo performs at the White House Fourth of July BBQ and concert

  • Members of the public wait at the Lincoln Memorial before a firework display on the National Mall in Washington DC

  • A cyclist rides past people waiting for the start of the Independence Day fireworks in Washington DC

  • People hold their own Fourth of July parade in the Lanesville neighbourhood of Gloucester, Massachusetts

  • A woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty wrapped in caution tape attends the parade in Gloucester, Massachusetts

  • People watch the MSG Sphere fireworks show in Las Vegas

  • A dressed-up dog at the Fourth of July parade in Merrimack, New Hampshire

  • Amber Hess lifts her daughter, Emorie Narvaez, during Harrisburg’s Fourth of July food truck festival at River Front Park in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

  • Republican presidential candidate Senator Tim Scott poses for a selfie in Merrimack, New Hampshire

  • Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks light up the sky next to the Empire State Building in New York City, as seen from Union City, New Jersey

  • A couple kiss as people watch the Macy’s fireworks in New York City

  • People watch the fireworks in New York City

  • People gather ahead of Nathan’s famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest at Coney Island

  • Revelers gather at Nathan’s hot dog eating contest at Coney Island

  • Champion Joey Chestnut competes in hot dog eating competition

  • People watch fireworks at Miami Beach, Florida. The Fourth of July and Independence Day have been a federal holiday in the US since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations dates back to the 18th century and to the American Revolution

  • Maddie Miller, of Tampa, Florida, raises her head during the Key lime pie eating championship in Key West. The gooey competition, whose entrants are forbidden to use their hands, has become a subtropical alternative to Nathan’s Fourth of July hot dog eating contest

  • Residents participate in the annual Independence Day parade in Southport, North Carolina. The first recorded Independence Day celebration in Southport was in 1795

  • People watch the Fourth of July fireworks in San Francisco, California

  • A man carrying a US flag leads a local Fourth of July parade in the Lanesville, Gloucester, Massachusetts
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