Cousins Reggie Moretz, left, and Conan Tapia, both 3, entertain themselves with flags as they await the start of the Fourth of July Kiddie Parade from inside the "USS Lady Liberty" on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, on the Sherman Avenue parade route in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Jerome A. Pollos) MANDATORY CREDIT
Cousins Reggie Moretz, left, and Conan Tapia, both 3, entertain themselves with flags as they await the start of the Fourth of July Kiddie Parade from inside the "USS Lady Liberty" on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, on the Sherman Avenue parade route in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Jerome A. Pollos) MANDATORY CREDIT
From left, Harper Yondura and Jason Yondura, participate in the Port Carbon Citizens Committee's annual Fourth of July Parade nicknamed the "Baby Parade" in Port Carbon, Pa. Wednesday, July 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Republican-Herald, Jacqueline Dormer)
Spectators watch fireworks streak across the sky during the Fanfare and Fireworks celebration at the University of Florida on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun, Matt Stamey)
Sheila Grimes of South Berwick, Maine looks through piles of fireworks at Hilltop Fireworks, Tuesday, July 3, 2012 in Somersworth, N.H. The conventional wisdom is that Maine?s new law legalizing consumer fireworks will hurt New Hampshire fireworks stores because Mainers won?t have to travel to buy their missiles, Roman candles and exploding aerial displays. But the owners of Hilltop Fireworks in Somersworth, N.H., along the southern Maine border, say they?ve had more Maine customers in the days leading up to the Fourth of the July than in previous years.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Gabi Hogg, 7, and her mother Jenny Hogg share a moment before mounting a bike for the July Fourth Parade on Highway 77 in Panama City, Fla. Wednesday July 4, 2012. (AP Photo/The News Herald, Andrew P Johnson)
Across the United States, Americans are celebrating 236 years of independence with backyard barbeques, family gatherings and, of course, fireworks.
While many celebrations have been scaled-down or canceled due to weather-related power outages and concerns of spreading wildfires amid dry, hot weather, many are still celebrating, albeit in less-than-traditional ways.
Hundreds of thousands from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic are spending the Fourth of July like America's founders did in 1776: Without the conveniences of electricity and air conditioning.
Fireworks on the National Mall in Washington are planned to go forward.
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Here's a running photo gallery, updated throughout the day, of celebrations across the U.S.
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Read more about the Fourth of July: http://apne.ws/O4NrL9
AP Essay: In divided era, what does July 4th mean? http://apne.ws/O4NGG3
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