{"id":11542754,"date":"2025-07-04T06:17:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/?p=11542754"},"modified":"2025-07-04T06:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:17:23","slug":"happy-4th-of-july-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/2025\/07\/04\/happy-4th-of-july-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 4th of July | PHOTOS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mt. Airy celebrated the United States’ 149th birthday with a fireworks display Thursday at the Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company Carnival Grounds.<\/p>\n

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At top, Maya Godwin, 4, left, and Quinn Spittal, 4, play with sparklers while waiting for the fireworks to begin during the Fourth of July celebration at the Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Staff File Photo) At bottom, Maya Godwin, left, and Quinn Spittal light sparklers 10 years later, at the Mount Airy Fireworks celebration at the Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company Carnival Grounds. (Thomas Walker\/Freelance)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ava Goodsell, left and Caitlin Fowker get fruit from a cooler at the Mount Airy Fireworks celebration at the Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company Carnival Grounds.(Thomas Walker\/Freelance)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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