The US holds Independence Day on July 4 to commemorate America's succession from Great Britain in 1776 [AFP]
Published On 5 Jul 20085 Jul 2008
Patriotic parades, displays and shows are put on throughout the country on the federal holiday [AFP]
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A woman has her picture taken with actors portraying former US presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington in Washington DC [AFP]
President Bush speaks during an Independence Day celebration and naturalisation ceremony on estate of former US president Thomas Jefferson, in Charlottesville, Virginia [AFP]
Residents in Wimberley, Taxas waits for the local parade to pass by [AFP]
American civil war re-enactors participate in the battle of Gettysburg in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania [EPA]
US families usually spend the federal holiday with relatives [AFP]
