The 4th of July parade from Washington DC in celebration of Independence Day. Marites Buenafe, originally from Kentucky, told her family she'd disembarked from the Norwegian Bliss for a hike. She never came back to the ship. The girl plunged 45ft from the vessel’s fourth deck but it was not initially clear what caused her fall

The National Independence Day Parade is on July 4 at 11:45 a.m. The parade route is from Constitution Avenue from 7th Street to 17th Street. If you're planning to head downtown, expect major road closures, parking restrictions, site shutdowns, and even watercraft limitations across the city.

Extravagant fireworks display on July 4 across the United States, including Washington DC and NYC Macy's fireworks, marked the closure of 249th US Independence Day.