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PHOTOS: Nation celebrates Fourth of July

WASHINGTON — From hot dog eating contests and parades to fireworks and concerts, people across the country are celebrating the Fourth of July in big ways.

See photos of the festivities below.

From left, Jeannie Dominguez claps while holding her 2-year-old chihuahua named Diamond next to her 14-year-old granddaughter Natalee Dominguez during the Odessa Jaycee's 69th Annual Independence Celebration Parade, Wednesday, July 4, 2018 in Odessa Texas. ( Mark Rogers/Odessa American via AP) — From left, Jeannie Dominguez claps while holding her 2-year-old chihuahua named Diamond next to her 14-year-old granddaughter Natalee Dominguez during the Odessa Jaycee’s 69th Annual Independence Celebration Parade, Wednesday, July 4, 2018 in Odessa Texas. ( Mark Rogers/Odessa American via AP)

Members of the National Sojourners salute the flag as they present the colors at the annual Fourth of July ceremony honoring Georgia's signers of the Declaration of Independence in Augusta, Ga., on Wednesday, July 4, 2018.(Mike Adams/The Augusta Chronicle via AP) — Members of the National Sojourners salute the flag as they present the colors at the annual Fourth of July ceremony honoring Georgia’s signers of the Declaration of Independence in Augusta, Ga., on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (Mike Adams/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)

Truitt Price, 6, left, and his brother Sawyer, 4, got dressed up for the Fourth of July holiday Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in La Veta, Colo. The annual town parade had to be cancelled because of the Spring Fire but the duo, along with their mother Lori, decided to dress up anyway to stay in the spirit of the holiday. Growing wildfires across the drought-stricken American West are putting a damper on some Fourth of July plans. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP)

Fireworks explode over the Hatch Shell during rehearsal for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in Boston, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

With the New York City skyline in the background fireworks explode during an Independence Day show over the East River, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

NEWBERRY, SC - JULY 04: Nine-year-old Wyatt Stuhr waits for the start of the sixteenth annual Harper Street Parade on July 4, 2018 in Newberry, South Carolina. The event, beginning as a small bicycle gathering with less than thirty children, attracted 4,000 people last year. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) — NEWBERRY, SC – JULY 04: Nine-year-old Wyatt Stuhr waits for the start of the sixteenth annual Harper Street Parade on July 4, 2018 in Newberry, South Carolina. The event, beginning as a small bicycle gathering with less than thirty children, attracted 4,000 people last year. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

NASHVILLE, TN - JULY 04: A fan attends the 2018 Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th concert on July 4, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images) — NASHVILLE, TN – JULY 04: A fan attends the 2018 Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th concert on July 4, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Workers test an inflatable monkey Tuesday, July 3, 2018, for Wednesday's upcoming July Fourth celebration at the downtown, Anchorage, Alaska, park strip. The popular annual event draws thousands each year. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro) — Workers test an inflatable monkey Tuesday, July 3, 2018, for Wednesday’s upcoming July Fourth celebration at the downtown, Anchorage, Alaska, park strip. The popular annual event draws thousands each year. (AP Photo/Rachel D’Oro)

Southern belles wearing colorful antebellum dresses wave to the crowd while walking in the Fourth of July parade in Marietta, Ga., Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Don Wood, left, from Overland Park, Kan. and Don Ross, from Kansas City, Kan., listen to an Independence Day concert by the American Legion Band of Greater Kansas City Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in Merriam, Kan. Cleveland won 6-4. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

ROUND TOP, TX - JULY 04: (Left to right) Hunter Sabo, 11, and Ethan Tarnowski, 11, sit in the back of a pickup truck as they wait for the start of the 168th annual Round Top Fourth of July Parade on July 4, 2018 in Round Top, Texas. The Round Top community's Fourth of July celebration started in 1851 and is known as the longest running Fourth of July celebration west of the Mississippi. (Photo by Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images) — ROUND TOP, TX – JULY 04: (Left to right) Hunter Sabo, 11, and Ethan Tarnowski, 11, sit in the back of a pickup truck as they wait for the start of the 168th annual Round Top Fourth of July Parade on July 4, 2018 in Round Top, Texas. The Round Top community’s Fourth of July celebration started in 1851 and is known as the longest running Fourth of July celebration west of the Mississippi. (Photo by Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images)

ROUND TOP, TX - JULY 04: Men on horseback ride through a field after taking part in the 168th annual Round Top Fourth of July Parade on July 4, 2018 in Round Top, Texas. The Round Top community's Fourth of July celebration started in 1851 and is known as the longest running Fourth of July celebration west of the Mississippi. (Photo by Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images) — ROUND TOP, TX – JULY 04: Men on horseback ride through a field after taking part in the 168th annual Round Top Fourth of July Parade on July 4, 2018 in Round Top, Texas. The Round Top community’s Fourth of July celebration started in 1851 and is known as the longest running Fourth of July celebration west of the Mississippi. (Photo by Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images)

ROUND TOP, TX - JULY 04: Hannah Starke and Landis Newbanks share a laugh after the 168th annual Round Top Fourth of July Parade on July 4, 2018 in Round Top, Texas. The Round Top community's Fourth of July celebration started in 1851 and is known as the longest running Fourth of July celebration west of the Mississippi. (Photo by Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images) — ROUND TOP, TX – JULY 04: Hannah Starke and Landis Newbanks share a laugh after the 168th annual Round Top Fourth of July Parade on July 4, 2018 in Round Top, Texas. The Round Top community’s Fourth of July celebration started in 1851 and is known as the longest running Fourth of July celebration west of the Mississippi. (Photo by Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images)

NEWBERRY, SC - JULY 04: People cool off in the water at the end of the sixteenth annual Harper Street Parade on July 4, 2018 in Newberry, South Carolina. The event, beginning as a small bicycle gathering with less than thirty children, attracted 4,000 people last year. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) — NEWBERRY, SC – JULY 04: People cool off in the water at the end of the sixteenth annual Harper Street Parade on July 4, 2018 in Newberry, South Carolina. The event, beginning as a small bicycle gathering with less than thirty children, attracted 4,000 people last year. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Fireworks explode over the Hatch Shell during rehearsal for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in Boston, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

People wait for the start of rehearsals for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in Boston, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

A woman dressed at the Statue of Liberty waves to the crowd while riding on a float in the Fourth of July parade in Marietta, Ga., Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A detail of Miami Marlins second baseman Starlin Castro #13 Independence Day themed socks and hat prior to the game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Marlins Park on July 4, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

New York Yankees' Didi Gregorius pulls off his batting gloves at the end of the third inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) — New York Yankees’ Didi Gregorius pulls off his batting gloves at the end of the third inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

A young boy rides a toy firetruck during the sixteenth annual Harper Street Parade on July 4, 2018 in Newberry, South Carolina. The event, beginning as a small bicycle gathering with less than thirty children, attracted 4,000 people last year. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Residents watch the sixteenth annual Harper Street Parade on July 4, 2018 in Newberry, South Carolina. The event, beginning as a small bicycle gathering with less than thirty children, attracted 4,000 people last year. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Lilly Kleinschmidt, 12, of Muncie, Ind., wears a patriotic hot dog themed outfit to watch her mother Holly Titus compete in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in New York's Coney Island. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) — Lilly Kleinschmidt, 12, of Muncie, Ind., wears a patriotic hot dog themed outfit to watch her mother Holly Titus compete in the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in New York’s Coney Island. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Joey Chestnut — Ten-time and defending Nathan’s Famous Men’s Champion Joey Chestnut poses with 72 hot dogs during Nathan’s Famous International Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest weigh-in at the Empire State Building on Tuesday, July 3, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Joey Chestnut, George Shea — Master of Ceremony George Shea, top center, announces that reigning champion Joey Chestnut, bottom center, is winning the men’s competition of the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in the final seconds of the competition, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in New York’s Coney Island. Chestnut broke his own world record by eating 74 hot dogs in 10 minutes. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Brad Kleinschmidtof Muncie, Ind., wears a patriotic outfit to watch his wife Holly Titus compete in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in New York's Coney Island. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) — Brad Kleinschmidtof Muncie, Ind., wears a patriotic outfit to watch his wife Holly Titus compete in the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in New York’s Coney Island. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

U.S. flags surrounding the Washington Monument are backlit by the rising sun on Independence Day, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Maddie Scaletta, center, waits with friends for the start of rehearsals for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in Boston, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

July Fourth Boston — A Massachusetts State Police officer stands watch during rehearsal for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in Boston, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Spectators cheer as confetti falls during rehearsal for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in Boston, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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From left, Jeannie Dominguez claps while holding her 2-year-old chihuahua named Diamond next to her 14-year-old granddaughter Natalee Dominguez during the Odessa Jaycee's 69th Annual Independence Celebration Parade, Wednesday, July 4, 2018 in Odessa Texas. ( Mark Rogers/Odessa American via AP)

Members of the National Sojourners salute the flag as they present the colors at the annual Fourth of July ceremony honoring Georgia's signers of the Declaration of Independence in Augusta, Ga., on Wednesday, July 4, 2018.(Mike Adams/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)

Truitt Price, 6, left, and his brother Sawyer, 4, got dressed up for the Fourth of July holiday Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in La Veta, Colo. The annual town parade had to be cancelled because of the Spring Fire but the duo, along with their mother Lori, decided to dress up anyway to stay in the spirit of the holiday. Growing wildfires across the drought-stricken American West are putting a damper on some Fourth of July plans. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP)

Fireworks explode over the Hatch Shell during rehearsal for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in Boston, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

With the New York City skyline in the background fireworks explode during an Independence Day show over the East River, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

NEWBERRY, SC - JULY 04: Nine-year-old Wyatt Stuhr waits for the start of the sixteenth annual Harper Street Parade on July 4, 2018 in Newberry, South Carolina. The event, beginning as a small bicycle gathering with less than thirty children, attracted 4,000 people last year. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

NASHVILLE, TN - JULY 04: A fan attends the 2018 Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th concert on July 4, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Workers test an inflatable monkey Tuesday, July 3, 2018, for Wednesday's upcoming July Fourth celebration at the downtown, Anchorage, Alaska, park strip. The popular annual event draws thousands each year. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro)

Southern belles wearing colorful antebellum dresses wave to the crowd while walking in the Fourth of July parade in Marietta, Ga., Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Don Wood, left, from Overland Park, Kan. and Don Ross, from Kansas City, Kan., listen to an Independence Day concert by the American Legion Band of Greater Kansas City Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in Merriam, Kan. Cleveland won 6-4. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

ROUND TOP, TX - JULY 04: (Left to right) Hunter Sabo, 11, and Ethan Tarnowski, 11, sit in the back of a pickup truck as they wait for the start of the 168th annual Round Top Fourth of July Parade on July 4, 2018 in Round Top, Texas. The Round Top community's Fourth of July celebration started in 1851 and is known as the longest running Fourth of July celebration west of the Mississippi. (Photo by Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images)

ROUND TOP, TX - JULY 04: Men on horseback ride through a field after taking part in the 168th annual Round Top Fourth of July Parade on July 4, 2018 in Round Top, Texas. The Round Top community's Fourth of July celebration started in 1851 and is known as the longest running Fourth of July celebration west of the Mississippi. (Photo by Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images)

ROUND TOP, TX - JULY 04: Hannah Starke and Landis Newbanks share a laugh after the 168th annual Round Top Fourth of July Parade on July 4, 2018 in Round Top, Texas. The Round Top community's Fourth of July celebration started in 1851 and is known as the longest running Fourth of July celebration west of the Mississippi. (Photo by Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images)

NEWBERRY, SC - JULY 04: People cool off in the water at the end of the sixteenth annual Harper Street Parade on July 4, 2018 in Newberry, South Carolina. The event, beginning as a small bicycle gathering with less than thirty children, attracted 4,000 people last year. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Fireworks explode over the Hatch Shell during rehearsal for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in Boston, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

People wait for the start of rehearsals for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in Boston, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

A woman dressed at the Statue of Liberty waves to the crowd while riding on a float in the Fourth of July parade in Marietta, Ga., Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A detail of Miami Marlins second baseman Starlin Castro #13 Independence Day themed socks and hat prior to the game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Marlins Park on July 4, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

New York Yankees' Didi Gregorius pulls off his batting gloves at the end of the third inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

A young boy rides a toy firetruck during the sixteenth annual Harper Street Parade on July 4, 2018 in Newberry, South Carolina. The event, beginning as a small bicycle gathering with less than thirty children, attracted 4,000 people last year. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Residents watch the sixteenth annual Harper Street Parade on July 4, 2018 in Newberry, South Carolina. The event, beginning as a small bicycle gathering with less than thirty children, attracted 4,000 people last year. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Lilly Kleinschmidt, 12, of Muncie, Ind., wears a patriotic hot dog themed outfit to watch her mother Holly Titus compete in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in New York's Coney Island. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Joey Chestnut, George Shea

Brad Kleinschmidtof Muncie, Ind., wears a patriotic outfit to watch his wife Holly Titus compete in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in New York's Coney Island. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

U.S. flags surrounding the Washington Monument are backlit by the rising sun on Independence Day, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Maddie Scaletta, center, waits with friends for the start of rehearsals for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in Boston, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Spectators cheer as confetti falls during rehearsal for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in Boston, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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