A yard is spray painted with the original 13 colonies flag during the annual 4th of July parade held in Omaha’s Field Club neighborhood on Friday, July 4, 2025.

HINSDALE, IL — Independence Day is fast approaching so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Hinsdale. Area events include fireworks, festivals and other Fourth of July fun.

Each element of the flag holds deep meaning: the stripes represent the original thirteen colonies, the stars symbolize the fifty states, and the colors embody the values of hardiness and valor ...

The flag’s stripes represent the original 13 colonies, while the stars symbolize the unity of those states forming a new nation.

The flag’s stripes represent the original 13 colonies, while the stars symbolize the unity of those states forming a new nation.

Four of the five members connect to the first of the original 13 colonies with a permanent English settlement, hence Old Dominion, Virginia's nickname.

However, Massachusetts is home to the second colony to be founded of the original 13 colonies, meaning the state's foundations are older than most.

Massachusetts was the sixth state to join the Union. However, Massachusetts is home to the second colony to be founded of the original 13 colonies, meaning the state's foundations are older than most.

The ball is also on the eve of the D.C. parade, the same day 250 years ago that the Second Continental Congress formed the Continental Army, which represented the Thirteen Colonies, and then ...

Celebrating 200 years since the Marquis de Lafayette visited Lexington, plaques will be placed in two locations he visited in 1825.