Strapped for time and haven't yet had the chance to click through our photographic recap of Monday's fireworks? No worries. Thanks to our friends at the Capital Weather Gang, this time lapse video can provide you with the full experience in but 63 seconds. more ›

Woo, fireworks! Here it is, our annual day-after recap of last night's blindingly colorful displays of explosives around the District, captured through the lenses of our Flickr pool photographers. Enjoy. more ›

Did your neighborhood resemble a Revolutionary War battlefield late last night? The Washingtonian tradition of treating the Fourth of July as the annual opportunity to engage our inner Michael Bay is common knowledge -- but according to reports, the evening's street fireworks probably could have been even louder. more ›

There's little more American than the freedom of speech, and at yesterday's Fourth of July Palisades Parade, plenty of participants took advantage of the place and moment to practice it. more ›

Tomorrow, we celebrate our independence. Today, we learn that many of us are historically inept. According to a new poll, about one in four Americans doesn’t know from which country the United States declared its independence. more ›

Good morning, Washington. Nature stole the show this morning with her superb lighting and inspired acoustics. Meteorologists break the news that intermittent storms will continue throughout the day. Despite the rain, we have two days left to drink to our liberty, to avoid thinking too hard about the “invisible” security, and to try to find some charm in the prodigious crowds. more ›

Good morning, Washington. Finally, we’re liberated. The holiday weekend has arrived, and the District is boasting a slew of activities to promote patriotism and inebriation. But first, new research on how childhood Fourth of July celebrations affect adult political behavior. more ›

In case you didn't believe us regarding that whole "95 percent of the city's legal fireworks vendors are located in Wards 4, 5, 7 and 8" thing, here's the visual proof. more ›

The Fourth of July is right around the corner. And you know what that means. That's right -- a whole evening of people setting off fireworks at all hours, leading some to believe that their apartments are being overtaken by guerrilla forces. (Oh, and look at that -- it falls on a Monday this year! How nice.) more ›

Find some good sneakers. more ›

It's the Fourth of July and news stories on the ground are about as light as Union Jack flags. Granted, Sarah Palin left folks with a real humdinger to consider over the beer cooler this weekend, considerably upping the ante in the absurd-Republican-governor-presser sweepstakes. Switching from self congratulation by way of sports analogy to bitter renunciations of her enemies, she sounded downright Nixonesque, as one friend observed. more ›