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 -by Lynn Becker

[July 4, 2008] - The Fourth of July, 2008, in flags and buildings and blazing across the night sky . A photoessay.

The Magic of America, by Marion Mahony Griffin
 

Fireworks at Grant Park, Chicago, July 3, 2008

Marina City, July 4, 2008
Wrigley Building, Chicago, lighted for Fourth of July, 2008
Fireworks, Grant Park, Chicago, July 3, 2008
Flag atop Tribune Tower, Chicago, July 3, 2008
Fireworks, Grant Park, Chicago, July 3, 2008
Crowd on Michigan Avenue after Fireworks in Grant Park, July 3, 2008
Fireworks, Grant Park, Chicago, July 3rd, 2008
Fireworks, Grant Park, Chicago, July 3, 2008
Fireworks, Grant Park, Chicago, July 3, 2008
American Flag, Trump Tower, Chicago
Giant American Flag, Wrigley Building, Chicago, July 4, 2008
Fireworks, Grant Park, Chicago, 2008


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