Katrina Bacome, left, and Matthew Wieczorek, both of Toledo, play a game of "War" during the Red White & KABOOM festival.
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Carrie Burk of Toledo dances with her daughters Tabitha, 4, and Taylor, 1.
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"In Theory" performs during the Independence Day festivities in downtown Toledo.
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Lauren Vece of Los Angeles, Calif., listens to the music during the July 4th festival in Toledo.
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John Hall, left, Dana Swyer, center, and Juan Cantu, right, with the Northwood VFW Post 2984, raise a new flag at the Luther Ridge Senior Apartments.
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Juan Cantu of Northwood VFW Post 2984 raises a new American flag.
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John Hall of Northwood VFW Post 2984 salutes the American flag on July 4th.
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A new flag flies over the Lutheran Homes Society's Luther Ridge Senior Apartments on July 4, 2012.
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John Hall, with the Northwood VFW Post 2984, salutes the flag after its raising while residents and friends of Lutheran Homes Society's Luther Ridge Senior Apartments stand behind him.
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Dolores Rinker, right, and Frances Kurth celebrate at the Lutheran Homes Society’s Luther Ridge Senior Apartments during a July Fourth celebration that followed the raising of a new flag at the complex.
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A homemade pie decorated like the American flag is one of the many desserts at a Fourth of July party at the Luther Ridge Senior Apartments.
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Fireworks burst over the Maumee River during Red White & KABOOM festivities.
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The fireworks display provides enough illumination to see the calm surface of the Maumee River as boaters watch the light show.
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Frequent bursts of color light up the night sky for Toledoans watching the show along the river.
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Another Independence Day celebration comes to a close with the Red White & Kaboom fireworks display along the Maumee River.
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