Beauty contest during Fourth of July celebrations, Salisbury, Md., 1940. (Photo by Jack Delano for Farm Security Administration/ Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)





Frances Fowler leads the Bowie VFD Marching Thoroughbreds in the Bowie 4th of July Parade in Bowie, Md., on July 4, 1976. (Photo by James M. Thresher/The Washington Post via Getty Images)





Young Girl at Bathing Beach Parade, Portrait, Washington DC, USA, July 1919. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)





A woman holding the American flag stands witha women in Statue of Liberty costume during Fourth of July celebrations at the Ellipse, Washington D.C.,1919. (Photo by Harris & Ewing/GHI/Universal History Archive via Getty Images)





Children, participants in an Independence Day celebration, wait for the parade to begin. Vale, Ore., July 4, 1941. (Photo by Corbis via Getty Images)





A young girl dressed in a liberty costume holds an American flag suring Fourth of July celebration, in Washington D.C., 1916. (Photo by Harris & Ewing, GHI/Universal History Archive via Getty Images)





Three boys, dressed in colonial garb as the Spirit of 76, march with instruments during 4th of July celebrations, 1922. (Photo by Buyenlarge/Getty Images)





A young couple is dancing at a Fourth of July celebration in Price, Utah, July 3, 1946. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).





Left to right: George Goldstein, Harold Johnson and Harold Valentine prepare to march through their neighborhood playing their drums to celebrate the 4th July, circa 1935. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





Family in Chicago celebrate 4th of July, circa 905. Mom and dad are possibly lighting firecrackers while their flag draped son waits in front of their Chicago walk up apartment in the early 20th century. (Photo by Kirn Vintage Stock/Corbis via Getty Images)





Costumed actors promote 4th of July celebrations as they pose with fireworks, Chicago, Ill., circa 1940. (Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)





A Young couple cuddles as they sit down in a hole in the sand while others lie around behind them on a hot Independence Day at the beach, Santa Monica, Calif., 1950. (Photo by Ralph Crane/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)





Girl with sparkler on the 4th of July, 1930. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)





Men with their hats over their hearts during the pledge of allegiance at an Independence Day baseball game. Vale, Oregon, July 4, 1941. (Photo by Corbis via Getty Images)





A party in a middle class home. Plenty of drinks in evidence. The flags point to a 4th of July celebration, 1894. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)





Family group with pistols and flags ready for 4th of July celebration, circa 1880's (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)





This feline version of Uncle Sam is all dressed up in patriotic attire for the Fourth of July in New York City, 1956. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)