Liberty, an Atlantic bottle-nose dolphin, dons a hat and carries an American flag in his mouth at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Thursday, July 1, 2010, in Vallejo, Calif. The dolphin was named Liberty as he was born on the fourth of July in 1990, and will celebrate his 20th birthday on Sunday, July 4.
A man walks past a full-scale balloon replica of the Statue of Liberty head shortly after its inflation in Seattle's Gas Works Park Friday, July 2, 2010. The 30-foot replica will remain atop the hill at the park through the annual Independence Day celebrations, which include a fireworks display on July 4.
Barrett Robinson rides in the First Baptist Church Weekday Education's annual 4th of July Parade in Oxford, Miss. on Friday, July 2, 2010.
An early evening rain may have thinned out the crowd at the Mississippi War Memorial in downtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, July 1, 2010, but attendees were treated to a patriotic address by a retired state adjutant general, music and song and of course fireworks. The event marks the start of the Fourth of July activities throughout the state.
Tarkan Fletcher, 8, walks on stilts his parents bought for him at an estate sale during the Fourth of July playground doll buggy parade hosted at Roosevelt Elementary School Thursday, July 1, 2010. Doll buggy parades were held at several locations in the city Thursday evening in Racine, Wis. The parades are a traditional Racine celebration before the Fourth of July. Children ride decorated bikes, pull decorated wagons, and find similar ways to be festooned in red, white and blue.
U.S. Marine Staff Sergeants Todd Brown, left, and Josh Chretiens, right, carry a a cake at the annual United States Independence Day celebration in Kampala, Thursday, July 1, 2010. The celebration falls on July 4, but was brought forward due to the World Cup matches. U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, Jerry P. Lanier hailed Uganda for its involvement in Somalia for peace to prevail in the region.