Thousands gather for the annual Menomonee Falls Independence Day parade and fireworks on July 3, 2025. Marites Buenafe, originally from Kentucky, told her family she'd disembarked from the Norwegian Bliss for a hike. She never came back to the ship.

Fireworks are lighting the skies up and down the East Coast this Independence Day.In Washington, D.C., President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump celebrated America’s 249th birthday by watching fireworks over the National Mall from the White House.

Events were held throughout the day on Friday in Marietta to commemorate Independence Day. The annual parade wound through downtown for more than half an hour before wrapping up at Armory Square. Gene Venham,