“Ask yourself: Do you need to be there?” says Mayor Muriel Bowser.

An additional $4.2 million were spent on production of the event, Department of Defense vehicles, security for the president, and other costs, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

An Independence Day event on the National Mall could violate the D.C. government’s reopening guidelines.

He said attendees would likely still be following social distancing guidelines.

“An internal investigation concluded that there were insufficient facts to determine if a violation occurred,” say a police spokesperson.

Gregory “Joey” Johnson’s name is on the Supreme Court case that determined flag burning is a Constitutionally-protected right.

“I think we can say we’ve made the decision—to do it again next year and maybe we can say for the foreseeable future.”

Proud Boys and other pro-Trump folks arrived at Lafayette Square around 5 p.m. to counter protest the flag burning demonstration.

Here’s our look at this year’s Fourth of July festivities.

Officials also announced there will be two fireworks displays.