#july-fourth — Public Fediverse posts

An awards ceremony at Jean Sweeney Open Space Park crowned the winners of Alameda's fabulous 2026 Fourth of July Parade. The top prize—the coveted Mayor’s Trophy—went to the historic Alameda Theatre / Cinema Grill. Photos by Hans-Dieter Siebert and courtesy of Annette Lysmer. https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/alameda-theater-cinema-grill-entry-wins-mayors-trophy/

#alameda #AlamedaTheatreAndCineplex #CindyAcker #JeanSweeneyOpenSpacePark #JulyFourth #MichelePryor #NicholasLuby #PamWilliams #parade

An awards ceremony at Jean Sweeney Open Space Park crowned the winners of Alameda's fabulous 2026 Fourth of July Parade. The top prize—the coveted Mayor’s Trophy—went to the historic Alameda Theatre / Cinema Grill. Photos by Hans-Dieter Siebert and courtesy of Annette Lysmer. https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/alameda-theater-cinema-grill-entry-wins-mayors-trophy/

#alameda #AlamedaTheatreAndCineplex #CindyAcker #JeanSweeneyOpenSpacePark #JulyFourth #MichelePryor #NicholasLuby #PamWilliams #parade

NASA F-15 and F-18 Soar Above Washington to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday

#ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #Freedom250 #Julyfourth #NASAAFRC #NASAF15 #NASAF18 #WashingtonDC #flyover

▶️ 1 new picture from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_F-15_and_F-18_Soar_Above_Washington_to_Celebrate_America%E2%80%99s_250th_Birthday_%28AFRC2026-0146-75%29.jpg

NASA F-15 and F-18 Soar Above Washington to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday

#ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #Freedom250 #Julyfourth #NASAAFRC #NASAF15 #NASAF18 #WashingtonDC #flyover

▶️ 1 new picture from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_F-15_and_F-18_Soar_Above_Washington_to_Celebrate_America%E2%80%99s_250th_Birthday_%28AFRC2026-0146-75%29.jpg

NASA F-15, F-18 Painted in Red, White, Blue to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday

#ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #Freedom250 #Julyfourth #NASAAFRC #NASAF15 #NASAF18 #WashingtonDC #flyover

⏩ 19 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=incategory%3A%22NASA+Library+files+uploaded+by+OptimusPrimeBot%22&sort=create_timestamp_desc&ns6=1

NASA F-15, F-18 Painted in Red, White, Blue to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday

#ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #Freedom250 #Julyfourth #NASAAFRC #NASAF15 #NASAF18 #WashingtonDC #flyover

⏩ 19 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=incategory%3A%22NASA+Library+files+uploaded+by+OptimusPrimeBot%22&sort=create_timestamp_desc&ns6=1

On July 1–just three days before the United States 250th birthday—76 people from 28 countries around the world celebrated becoming U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony on the USS Hornet. Jean Chen shares the celebratory day with photos by Maurice Ramirez. https://alamedapost.com/news/76-new-citizens-take-their-oath-on-the-uss-hornet/

#alameda #JulyFourth #naturalization #UssHornet

On July 1–just three days before the United States 250th birthday—76 people from 28 countries around the world celebrated becoming U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony on the USS Hornet. Jean Chen shares the celebratory day with photos by Maurice Ramirez. https://alamedapost.com/news/76-new-citizens-take-their-oath-on-the-uss-hornet/

#alameda #JulyFourth #naturalization #UssHornet

On Tyranny 250th Edition Turns July Fourth Into a Fight Over What Patriotism Means

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/u-s-politics/on-tyranny-250th-edition/

On Tyranny 250th Edition Turns July Fourth Into a Fight Over What Patriotism Means

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/u-s-politics/on-tyranny-250th-edition/

A subdued semiquincentennial

It’s the 250th birthday of the United States, but the mood around the nation can seem distinctly sub-celebratory. It’s definitely less than joyful around the nation’s capital, where months of seeing armed troops from other states on our streets and watching buildings transformed into billboards for the 47th president have now been followed by a Trumpified version of the national holiday.

That’s not how things were supposed to go, but the White House shoved aside a Congressionally chartered, nonpartisan project to celebrate the semiquincentennial and spun up its own Freedom 250 organization instead. That group, having already treated the nation last month to the crass spectacle of a UFC fight on the South Lawn, has now taken over much of the Mall with the “Great American State Fair,” a cheap, tacky production that reeks of squandered possibilities.

The organizers seem to be trying to overcompensate for that sad spectacle by scheduling nine hours of military flyovers from Saturday afternoon into the night, to be followed by 850,000 fireworks launched from 10 sites–which would mean an average of 35 a second at each site, leaving an unhealthy haze of particulate pollution draped over the city.

Before that orgy of pyrotechnics, however, Trump will have to get his turn at the microphone, and that speech is no more likely to end on time than any he has given in the last decade.

Trump’s insistence on making himself the face of the American franchise, even on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence’s adoption, would be repellent enough if he were good at his job. He is not, unless you define that job as “running an administration unparalleled in bigotry, corruption, cruelty, ignorance, and incompetence.”

But while Trump may think along the lines of “L’État, c’est moi” (not that he would ever be seen speaking in French), America is not and has never been defined only by its presidents.

And Trump’s reactionary, resentful vision of America is not the country I see on its 250th birthday.

The nation I know does not subscribe to the blood-and-soil nationalism sold by the Trump administration’s racist propagandists. We renew a different story every time a group of immigrants stands up, forming a quilt of ancestries and accents, at a naturalization ceremony to choose the United States.

The country that I love is one that can acknowledge its problems and work on them, one where people left out of some of the Founders’ visions for America have ably used the Founders’ own words to push the nation forward. On this day, there is no better example of that than Frederick Douglass in “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” calling the Constitution properly interpreted a “Glorious Liberty Document.”

It remains so, even if some members of an increasingly embarrassing Supreme Court keep trying to twist it into something else.

The America that I see has a long and honorable history of not treating other countries as freeloaders or potential targets of annexation and instead being willing to cooperate with them. Even if we outright need their help, starting with France’s critical support for the American Revolution.

And the U.S. that I know applies its vast economic and technological resources not only to deploy the military might that has been booming over Washington but to advance science and apply it to send humans and machines farther into the universe than any other nation–as we saw this spring with Artemis II, although that itself involved international teamwork.

Staying optimistic in the American experiment can be difficult in 2026, knowing that Trump’s chaos was a choice that Americans made and that his stooges are working to wreck so many of the things that actually make America great.

But our country’s story includes Americans making a way out of no way. We are a stubborn lot, even when our institutions start to fail us. That stubbornness has filled streets as citizens have marched peacefully to protest this administration’s offenses, and it’s now sending voters to the polls in equally impressive numbers for representatives who will oppose them. The message these signs and votes deliver was true in 1776 and holds up in 2026, no matter what the current president says: There are no kings in America.

A subdued semiquincentennial

It’s the 250th birthday of the United States, but the mood around the nation can seem distinctly sub-celebratory. It’s definitely less than joyful around the nation’s capital, where months of seeing armed troops from other states on our streets and watching buildings transformed into billboards for the 47th president have now been followed by a Trumpified version of the national holiday.

That’s not how things were supposed to go, but the White House shoved aside a Congressionally chartered, nonpartisan project to celebrate the semiquincentennial and spun up its own Freedom 250 organization instead. That group, having already treated the nation last month to the crass spectacle of a UFC fight on the South Lawn, has now taken over much of the Mall with the “Great American State Fair,” a cheap, tacky production that reeks of squandered possibilities.

The organizers seem to be trying to overcompensate for that sad spectacle by scheduling nine hours of military flyovers from Saturday afternoon into the night, to be followed by 850,000 fireworks launched from 10 sites–which would mean an average of 35 a second at each site, leaving an unhealthy haze of particulate pollution draped over the city.

Before that orgy of pyrotechnics, however, Trump will have to get his turn at the microphone, and that speech is no more likely to end on time than any he has given in the last decade.

Trump’s insistence on making himself the face of the American franchise, even on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence’s adoption, would be repellent enough if he were good at his job. He is not, unless you define that job as “running an administration unparalleled in bigotry, corruption, cruelty, ignorance, and incompetence.”

But while Trump may think along the lines of “L’État, c’est moi” (not that he would ever be seen speaking in French), America is not and has never been defined only by its presidents.

And Trump’s reactionary, resentful vision of America is not the country I see on its 250th birthday.

The nation I know does not subscribe to the blood-and-soil nationalism sold by the Trump administration’s racist propagandists. We renew a different story every time a group of immigrants stands up, forming a quilt of ancestries and accents, at a naturalization ceremony to choose the United States.

The country that I love is one that can acknowledge its problems and work on them, one where people left out of some of the Founders’ visions for America have ably used the Founders’ own words to push the nation forward. On this day, there is no better example of that than Frederick Douglass in “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” calling the Constitution properly interpreted a “Glorious Liberty Document.”

It remains so, even if some members of an increasingly embarrassing Supreme Court keep trying to twist it into something else.

The America that I see has a long and honorable history of not treating other countries as freeloaders or potential targets of annexation and instead being willing to cooperate with them. Even if we outright need their help, starting with France’s critical support for the American Revolution.

And the U.S. that I know applies its vast economic and technological resources not only to deploy the military might that has been booming over Washington but to advance science and apply it to send humans and machines farther into the universe than any other nation–as we saw this spring with Artemis II, although that itself involved international teamwork.

Staying optimistic in the American experiment can be difficult in 2026, knowing that Trump’s chaos was a choice that Americans made and that his stooges are working to wreck so many of the things that actually make America great.

But our country’s story includes Americans making a way out of no way. We are a stubborn lot, even when our institutions start to fail us. That stubbornness has filled streets as citizens have marched peacefully to protest this administration’s offenses, and it’s now sending voters to the polls in equally impressive numbers for representatives who will oppose them. The message these signs and votes deliver was true in 1776 and holds up in 2026, no matter what the current president says: There are no kings in America.

Sure he's corrupt to the bone, a conman, a fraudster, a liar, an alleged child molester, and an adjudicated rapist, but at least Trump's misuse of government power and the Federal purse is forcing some USians to confront the reality behind 250 years of self-serving myths and shameless self-promotion.
Happy Fourth of July.
#JulyFourth #USPolitics #Trump #America250

Sure he's corrupt to the bone, a conman, a fraudster, a liar, an alleged child molester, and an adjudicated rapist, but at least Trump's misuse of government power and the Federal purse is forcing some USians to confront the reality behind 250 years of self-serving myths and shameless self-promotion.
Happy Fourth of July.
#JulyFourth #USPolitics #Trump #America250

Credit to @splcenter 🇺🇸 July 4th is a time when Americans celebrate the nation’s freedom, but the U.S. has a long history of denying rights to many of its citizens, including people of color, women and LGBTQ+ individuals.

Today we reflect on the call to action of “freedom and justice for all,” and remember the words of Fannie Lou Hamer, “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” #JulyFourth #FourthofJuly #IndependenceDay

Credit to @splcenter 🇺🇸 July 4th is a time when Americans celebrate the nation’s freedom, but the U.S. has a long history of denying rights to many of its citizens, including people of color, women and LGBTQ+ individuals.

Today we reflect on the call to action of “freedom and justice for all,” and remember the words of Fannie Lou Hamer, “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” #JulyFourth #FourthofJuly #IndependenceDay

“Its folds protect no tyrant crew, / The red and white and starry blue”*…

(Roughly) Daily is off today… but it would be wrong to fail (to get to the almanac entry upfront) to mark the date on which we (accurately or inaccurately) celebrate the birth of our nation. So here is Paul Sorene with a selection from the photographic collection of Robert E. Jackson…

“I have decided to do a post which recognizes that next month our beleaguered country celebrates its 250th birthday. But in a subtle manner,” writes photograph collector Robert E. Jackson. “It focuses on stars in photography which makes a reference to the stars and stripes of our flag in some of the images.”

So, half a century since the bicentennial madness of 1976 we’re back to see the wonder of America all over again…

Many more at: “The USA’s Stars and Stripes In Found Photos“

Holiday bonus from Robert S. Levine: “Here’s the Frederick Douglass Speech to Revisit This July 4th.” And looking forward, from Nathan Gardels and Nicolas Berggruen, “America At 250 & Beyond.”

* John Philip Sousa, “Stars and Stripes Forever”

“Its folds protect no tyrant crew, / The red and white and starry blue”*…

(Roughly) Daily is off today… but it would be wrong to fail (to get to the almanac entry upfront) to mark the date on which we (accurately or inaccurately) celebrate the birth of our nation. So here is Paul Sorene with a selection from the photographic collection of Robert E. Jackson…

“I have decided to do a post which recognizes that next month our beleaguered country celebrates its 250th birthday. But in a subtle manner,” writes photograph collector Robert E. Jackson. “It focuses on stars in photography which makes a reference to the stars and stripes of our flag in some of the images.”

So, half a century since the bicentennial madness of 1976 we’re back to see the wonder of America all over again…

Many more at: “The USA’s Stars and Stripes In Found Photos“

Holiday bonus from Robert S. Levine: “Here’s the Frederick Douglass Speech to Revisit This July 4th.” And looking forward, from Nathan Gardels and Nicolas Berggruen, “America At 250 & Beyond.”

* John Philip Sousa, “Stars and Stripes Forever”

RE: https://mas.to/@50501Houston/116761724166292463

HAPPENING TOMORROW #HOUSTON! 10am to 6pm ✊️🪧🇺🇸⚽️🏆

What's more patriotic than dissent?
#WorldCup #FIFA #IndependenceDay #July4th #JulyFourth #4thOfJuly #FourthOfJuly #protest #HTX

RE: https://mas.to/@50501Houston/116761724166292463

HAPPENING TOMORROW #HOUSTON! 10am to 6pm ✊️🪧🇺🇸⚽️🏆

What's more patriotic than dissent?
#WorldCup #FIFA #IndependenceDay #July4th #JulyFourth #4thOfJuly #FourthOfJuly #protest #HTX

We have our 5' U.S. flag hanging upside down in our front window for the 3-day holiday weekend. ✊️

We resist and persist.

#IndependenceDay #USflag #Distress #JulyFourth

We have our 5' U.S. flag hanging upside down in our front window for the 3-day holiday weekend. ✊️

We resist and persist.

#IndependenceDay #USflag #Distress #JulyFourth

On July 4th, please write the 8 Prairieland #TX Defendants just sentenced to a sum 450yrs in prison. 📬‼️(All mail is monitored by law enforcement. Be extremely mindful of what you write. Do NOT discuss the facts of the case, do not incl. overtly political comments.) https://prairielanddefendants.com/write-to-the-defendants

#Texas #Prairieland #PrairielandCase #PrairielandDefendants #fascism #JudicialActivism #oppression #SuppressionOfDissent #DissentIsAmerican #DissentIsPatriotic #resist #resistance #WritingCampaign #IndependenceDay #JulyFourth #July4th #4thOfJuly #FourthOfJuly

On July 4th, please write the 8 Prairieland #TX Defendants just sentenced to a sum 450yrs in prison. 📬‼️(All mail is monitored by law enforcement. Be extremely mindful of what you write. Do NOT discuss the facts of the case, do not incl. overtly political comments.) https://prairielanddefendants.com/write-to-the-defendants

#Texas #Prairieland #PrairielandCase #PrairielandDefendants #fascism #JudicialActivism #oppression #SuppressionOfDissent #DissentIsAmerican #DissentIsPatriotic #resist #resistance #WritingCampaign #IndependenceDay #JulyFourth #July4th #4thOfJuly #FourthOfJuly

#FourthofJuly #JulyFourth #Fireworks #Summer #SummerWeather
https://theconversation.com/fireworks-heat-and-drought-put-this-july-4th-at-high-risk-for-wildfires-286138

#FourthofJuly #JulyFourth #Fireworks #Summer #SummerWeather
https://theconversation.com/fireworks-heat-and-drought-put-this-july-4th-at-high-risk-for-wildfires-286138

60,000 spectators are expected to line Alameda’s streets for the annual 4th of July Parade this weekend, which features 2,500 participants, including marching bands, equestrians, and floats. Here's what you need to know, from the schedule to bus detours and bathroom locations. Photo by Maurice Ramirez. https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/everything-you-need-to-know-about-alamedas-4th-of-july-parade/

#4thOfJuly #AcTransit #afd #alameda #AlamedaFireDepartment #detour #JulyFourth #LateefahSimon #NickLuby #parade

60,000 spectators are expected to line Alameda’s streets for the annual 4th of July Parade this weekend, which features 2,500 participants, including marching bands, equestrians, and floats. Here's what you need to know, from the schedule to bus detours and bathroom locations. Photo by Maurice Ramirez. https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/everything-you-need-to-know-about-alamedas-4th-of-july-parade/

#4thOfJuly #AcTransit #afd #alameda #AlamedaFireDepartment #detour #JulyFourth #LateefahSimon #NickLuby #parade

Alameda is definitely the place to be on the Fourth of July. After the parade—and before you go out to your favorite spot to watch the fireworks—head on over to the USS Hornet for the “Steel Beach Party & BBQ” to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/celebrate-the-fourth-of-july-at-the-uss-hornets-steel-beach-party-bbq/

#4thOfJuly #alameda #JulyFourth #UssHornet

Alameda is definitely the place to be on the Fourth of July. After the parade—and before you go out to your favorite spot to watch the fireworks—head on over to the USS Hornet for the “Steel Beach Party & BBQ” to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/celebrate-the-fourth-of-july-at-the-uss-hornets-steel-beach-party-bbq/

#4thOfJuly #alameda #JulyFourth #UssHornet

All Rise Alameda and Indivisible Alameda are joining forces to produce and distribute 6,000 “No Kings Since 1776” flags at the 4th of July parade. The first flag assembly event is this Sunday, June 14 (Flag Day) from Noon until 3 p.m. at Project Burger. Photo by Valerie Landau. https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/alameda-groups-to-make-6000-no-kings-since-1776-flags-for-the-4th-of-july-parade/

#alameda #AllRiseAlameda #IndivisibleAlameda #JulyFourth #NoKings

All Rise Alameda and Indivisible Alameda are joining forces to produce and distribute 6,000 “No Kings Since 1776” flags at the 4th of July parade. The first flag assembly event is this Sunday, June 14 (Flag Day) from Noon until 3 p.m. at Project Burger. Photo by Valerie Landau. https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/alameda-groups-to-make-6000-no-kings-since-1776-flags-for-the-4th-of-july-parade/

#alameda #AllRiseAlameda #IndivisibleAlameda #JulyFourth #NoKings

The 4th of July parade is on the horizon! This year’s parade will honor the United States’ 250th birthday and AFD’s 150 years of service. This year’s parade will also be Mayor Ashcraft’s last to help lead, as she completes her eighth and final year as mayor. Photo by Maurice Ramirez. https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/4th-july-parade-around-corner/

#4thOfJuly #alameda #CityOfAlameda #JulyFourth #parade

The 4th of July parade is on the horizon! This year’s parade will honor the United States’ 250th birthday and AFD’s 150 years of service. This year’s parade will also be Mayor Ashcraft’s last to help lead, as she completes her eighth and final year as mayor. Photo by Maurice Ramirez. https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/4th-july-parade-around-corner/

#4thOfJuly #alameda #CityOfAlameda #JulyFourth #parade

Cool pitched Atlantic
Abating summer's heat dome
Water's cooling touch

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Seasons #Summer #July #FourthOfJuly #JulyFourth #Independence #IndependenceDay #NoKings #Beach #Ocean #Atlantic #Coast #Carolina #Sun #Sand #Waves #Water #Sea #Seacoast

July 6, 2025

Cool pitched Atlantic
Abating summer's heat dome
Water's cooling touch

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Seasons #Summer #July #FourthOfJuly #JulyFourth #Independence #IndependenceDay #NoKings #Beach #Ocean #Atlantic #Coast #Carolina #Sun #Sand #Waves #Water #Sea #Seacoast

July 6, 2025

Freedom - Liberty
Concepts brought by immigrants
Our Founding Fathers

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Seasons #Summer #July #Democracy #Republic #FourthOfJuly #JulyFourth #Independence #IndependenceDay #NoKings #Founders #Hamilton #AlexanderHamilton

July 5, 2025

Freedom - Liberty
Concepts brought by immigrants
Our Founding Fathers

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Seasons #Summer #July #Democracy #Republic #FourthOfJuly #JulyFourth #Independence #IndependenceDay #NoKings #Founders #Hamilton #AlexanderHamilton

July 5, 2025

US military community in Japan celebrates Fourth of July holiday

Dressed as the Statue of Liberty, a stilt walker entertains visitors during the Celebrate America festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on July 4,…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #celebrateamerica #celebrateamericafestival #fireworks #FourthofJuly #JapanTopics #july4 #julyfourth #news #Yokota #YokotaAirBase #yokotafourthofjuly #yokotajulyfourth
https://www.alojapan.com/1314321/us-military-community-in-japan-celebrates-fourth-of-july-holiday/

There’s a lot not to like about the state of the United States of America.

But today isn’t about the state of the nation. #IndependenceDay is about the idea of America. Our founding ideals of “certain unalienable Rights… life, liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”

I refuse to cynically condemn a holiday celebrating those ideals, no matter how little they’re observed and preserved.

Today’s festivities are fuel for the fight to complete the American revolution. Don’t waste it.

#FourthOfJuly #4thOfJuly #JulyFourth #July4th #July4

"Happy" Fourth, everyone.

#julyFourth #fourthofJuly #IndependenceDay #BBB #shameful #destroyingAmerica

"Happy" Fourth, everyone.

#julyFourth #fourthofJuly #IndependenceDay #BBB #shameful #destroyingAmerica

Celebrate US Independence Day in the oldest and most traditional way.

#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #MySCA #IndependenceDay #FourthOfJuly #JulyFourth #July4th #4thOfJuly #Protest

@rbreich

The top right, above all other rights, of a free people, is the ability to "throw the bastards out."

#ThrowTheBastardsOut
#America #julyFourth

@rbreich

The top right, above all other rights, of a free people, is the ability to "throw the bastards out."

#ThrowTheBastardsOut
#America #julyFourth

Happy Fourth of July from the Pro Football Hall of Fame! Celebrate the land of the free and the home of the brave—where legends are remembered. #julyfourth

Independence Day
Revere the nation's founders
And remember why

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Seasons #Summer #July #Democracy #Republic #FourthOfJuly #JulyFourth #Independence #IndependenceDay #NoKings #Founders

July 4, 2025

Independence Day
Revere the nation's founders
And remember why

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Seasons #Summer #July #Democracy #Republic #FourthOfJuly #JulyFourth #Independence #IndependenceDay #NoKings #Founders

July 4, 2025

Explosion at California fireworks warehouse

> Rescue crews are searching for seven people still missing days after an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Northern #California shook a tiny farming community and forced the cancellation of nearby #JulyFourth celebrations.

> The Tuesday night blast set off a barrage of #fireworks and caused a massive blaze that led to other spot fires and collapsed the building. The cause of the explosion is under investigation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDgnRhIKuUE

Explosion at California fireworks warehouse

> Rescue crews are searching for seven people still missing days after an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Northern #California shook a tiny farming community and forced the cancellation of nearby #JulyFourth celebrations.

> The Tuesday night blast set off a barrage of #fireworks and caused a massive blaze that led to other spot fires and collapsed the building. The cause of the explosion is under investigation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDgnRhIKuUE

The 4th of July parade is almost here! For those who ride AC Transit, please check out the following lists of stops that are closed and alternative stops for lines 20, 21, 51A, 96, or O bus from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. https://alamedapost.com/news/bus-detours-alameda-4th-july-parade/

#4thOfJuly #AcTransit #alameda #JulyFourth #parade #PublicTransit