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The National Park Service is hosting the Independence Day Fireworks on the National Mall from 9:09 p.m. to 9:27 p.m. on Thursday, July 4. Fireworks will be shot off from both sides of the Lincoln ...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flock to the Washington, D.C. for Fourth of July celebrations on Monday marking America’s 245th birthday. The annual firework display at the ...
Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America . The Founding Father delegates of the Second Continental Congress declared ...
PBS. Release. July 4, 1980. ( 1980-07-04) –. present. A Capitol Fourth is an annual Independence Day concert special broadcast by PBS. It is presented from the west lawn of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., and is also simulcast by NPR and the American Forces Network . The concert typically features performances by guest ...
38°54′05″N 77°02′46″W. / 38.901444°N 77.046167°W / 38.901444; -77.046167 ( Cleveland Abbe House) Cleveland Abbe, a prominent meteorologist who became known as the father of the National Weather Service, lived in this house from 1877 to 1909. Previous occupants in the early decades of the 19th century included James ...
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April 4–8, 1968: Washington, D.C., riots: Following the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, a four-day period of violent civil unrest erupted near the intersection of 14th and U Streets NW. Approximately 200 stores had their windows broken and 150 stores were looted, most of them emptied.
DC Weather. Expect July 4 to be extremely hot and humid, with temperatures in the 90s that could feel like the lower 100s. A heat advisory is in effect from 12:00 PM EDT until 08:00 p.m. Most of ...