Red White & KABOOM

Toledo area residents enjoyed Independence Day festivities at the Red White & KABOOM event in Promenade Park, Wednesday, July 4, 2012, which included music and a fireworks display. Residents of the Lutheran Homes Society's Luther Ridge Senior Apartments received a holiday treat as members of the Northwood VFW Post 2984 raised a new American Flag at the complex. CLICK ANY IMAGE TO VIEW FULL PHOTO, START SLIDE SHOW.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Katrina Bacome, left, and Matthew Wieczorek, both of Toledo, play a game of "War" during the Red White & KABOOM festival. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Carrie Burk of Toledo dances with her daughters Tabitha, 4, and Taylor, 1. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

Enlarge | Buy This Photo "In Theory" performs during the Independence Day festivities in downtown Toledo. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Lauren Vece of Los Angeles, Calif., listens to the music during the July 4th festival in Toledo. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

Enlarge | Buy This Photo John Hall, left, Dana Swyer, center, and Juan Cantu, right, with the Northwood VFW Post 2984, raise a new flag ... THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Juan Cantu of Northwood VFW Post 2984 raises a new American flag. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT

Enlarge | Buy This Photo John Hall of Northwood VFW Post 2984 salutes the American flag on July 4th. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT

Enlarge | Buy This Photo A new flag flies over the Lutheran Homes Society's Luther Ridge Senior Apartments on July 4, 2012. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT

Enlarge | Buy This Photo John Hall, with the Northwood VFW Post 2984, salutes the flag after its raising while residents and friends of Lutheran ... THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Dolores Rinker, right, and Frances Kurth celebrate at the Lutheran Homes Society’s Luther Ridge Senior Apartments during a July Fourth ... THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT

Enlarge | Buy This Photo A homemade pie decorated like the American flag is one of the many desserts at a Fourth of July party ... THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Fireworks burst over the Maumee River during Red White & KABOOM festivities. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

Enlarge | Buy This Photo The fireworks display provides enough illumination to see the calm surface of the Maumee River as boaters watch the light ... THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Frequent bursts of color light up the night sky for Toledoans watching the show along the river. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Another Independence Day celebration comes to a close with the Red White & Kaboom fireworks display along the Maumee River. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH