Happy July 4th y’all! Hope you all had a nice weekend!

I myself spent a few hours Saturday and Sunday on the National Mall here in DC. For those not familiar with DC, the “Mall” is an outdoor lawn area between the Capitol Building, Washington Monument, WWII Memorial (my favorite!), Reflecting Pool, and Lincoln Memorial. During the summer, the Mall’s home to many city-sponsored festivals and big screen movies as well as people sightseeing, playing, or simply relaxing. I really do enjoy it. This weekend, it was home to the Folk Life Festival, big-band pop music, and closing out the 4th, DC’s famous firework display. Here are just a few of my favorite images… hope you enjoy!

Visitors and tourists congregate outside the White House gates

Celebration for the promotion of a Marine lieutenant at the World War II Memorial

Man visits the Washington Monument as the very last of the day's light shines so softly

Hoses are unleashed on the Mall to help keep the children cool and entertained on this hot July afternoon

(PS. The girl here in the yellow was great (I have several more of her)! A bit of a hose hog (with others lined up behind her for their never approaching turn), she was fortunately kind to me as she kept turning in my direction, only a foot away, and giving me a look such as “you know you’re asking for it, right?!” . . . but would then turn back around and shoot another unsuspecting person simply walking by, ha!)

Other children enjoyed climbing the trees, taking in a better view of the thousands that occupied the lawn

And the wonderful firework display to close out the independence day celebration!

And for a web gallery of these images and more, check THIS out!
(Best viewed full screen – icon to the bottom right of the gallery)

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