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Fireworks can be seen from the Top of the Town as they explode over the National Mall to celebrate Independence Day, Arlington, Va., Wednesday, July 4, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Fireworks can be seen from the Top of the Town as they explode over the National Mall to celebrate Independence Day, Arlington, Va. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Fireworks can be seen from the Top of the Town as they explode over the National Mall to celebrate Independence Day. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Fireworks can be seen from the Top of the Town as they explode over the National Mall to celebrate Independence Day. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Fireworks can be seen from the Top of the Town as they explode over the National Mall to celebrate Independence Day. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Visitors to the Iwo Jima Memorial gather on lawns a few hours before fireworks are set to explode over the National Mall. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Graham Haberl, 6, of McLean, Va., plays card games with family a the lawn near the Iwo Jima Memorial a few hours before fireworks are set to explode over the National Mall to celebrate Independence Day, Arlington, Va. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jaden Poellot, 11, of Mt. Kisco, N.Y., left, throws a frisbee with Max Lauth, 10, second from left, of Indianapolis, Ind., in front of the Iwo Jima Memorial a few hours before fireworks are set to explode over the National Mall to celebrate Independence Day, Arlington, Va. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Madeline Ray, 13, left, and her sister Natalie, 12, right, of Lafayette, Ind., keep themselves occupied on grass near the Iwo Jima Memorial a few hours before fireworks are set to explode over the National Mall to celebrate Independence Day, Arlington, Va. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Shirts off and sitting under a tarp Brandon List of Falls Church, Va., sits with Elena Villa, 2, as they try to resist the heat, while waiting for the start of the Independence Day fireworks celebration over the National Mall in Washington from their vantage point across the river in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)