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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney works the crowd as he marches in the Fourth of July parade in Amherst, N.H., on July 4, 2011. (Associated Press)
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The Fullen family of Washington watch the Independence Day fireworks display on the National Mall in Washington on Monday, July 4, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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People watch the fireworks over the Washington Monument during the Independence Day fireworks display on the National Mall in Washington on Monday, July 4, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Fireworks light up the National Mall in Washington on Monday, July 4, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Fireworks light up the National Mall in Washington on Monday, July 4, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Fireworks light up the National Mall in Washington on Monday, July 4, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Fireworks light up the National Mall in Washington on Monday, July 4, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Fireworks light up the National Mall in Washington on Monday, July 4, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Elias Johnson, 5, of Washington is handed candy along the parade route during the 45th annual Palisades July Fourth parade on Monday, July 4, 2011. The parade, which has become a local tradition, draws the mayor and other local politicians, and often they hand out stickers, beads and candy to the crowds. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Juliet Houseknecht (right), 5, of Washington's Chevy Chase neighborhood reaches out of the car she's riding in during the Palisades July Fourth parade to hold her dad, Chad Houseknecht's hand. The two were participating in the parade with the Paul Strauss for U.S. Senate campaign contingent. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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"Ward 4!" yells D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser during the annual Palisades July Fourth parade in Washington. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Annalee Ash of Washington tosses out red and blue beads to the crowd while marching with the Taxation Without Representation group in the 45th annual Palisades July Fourth parade in Washington on Monday, July 4, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times) ** FILE **
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D.C. Council member Vincent Orange hands out orange beads to spectators along MacArthur Boulevard Northwest in the Palisades neighborhood of Washington during the Palisades July Fourth parade. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Carolyn Lynch (center), a resident of Washington's Ward 7, talks with Mayor Vincent C. Gray before he leaves the Palisades Recreation Center in Washington, which was the ending point of the Palisades July Fourthh parade. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Two-year-old Annie DelGuercio of Washington is patriotic in red, white and blue while watching the Palisades July Fourth parade. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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D.C. Council member Mary Cheh (center) hands out copies of the U.S. Constitution to spectators along MacArthur Boulevard Northwest during the annual Palisades July Fourth parade. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Jack Campanella, 9, of Chevy Chase, Md., rides atop a float during the 45th annual Palisades July Fourth parade in Washington. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, has aggressively pushed for change during his first six months in office. Many residents have disapproved of his actions, and Public Policy Polling in May declared him one of the two most unpopular governors in the country. (Associated Press)
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Carlos Rodriguez (right) and his wife, Margaret, of Woodbridge, Va., pose in front of the Washington Monument on Independence Day in Washington. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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People gather on the the grass on the National Mall in Washington to celebrate Independence Day. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
