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Independence Day ****2005****

   The White House Celebrates Independence Day

President George W. Bush joins war veterans on stage during the Pledge of Allegiance to open the "Saluting Our Veterans" Fourth of July Celebration in Ripley, West Virginia.
President George W. Bush joins war veterans on stage during the Pledge of Allegiance to open the "Saluting Our Veterans" Fourth of July Celebration in Ripley, West Virginia.
President Bush visited the Jefferson Memorial on July 2, 2001 as part of the beginning of Independence Day celebrations. The President greeted these two boys and other visitors to the memorial dedicated to President Thomas Jefferson, who is credited with drafting the Declaration of Independence. Two days later, President Bush visited Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the site of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. President Bush and Mayor Street help judge a contest at an urban block party in Philadelphia's downtown July 4, 2001.
As American flags throughout the neighborhood furled in the breeze, the President made a few waves of his own helping local children paint an American flag July 4, 2001. While Philadelphia celebrated the country's birthday in 2001, Mayor Street helped celebrate the President's birthday. The President celebrated his 55th birthday July 6.
Although dark clouds rained on everybody's parade in Washington D.C., the sky opened up just in time for a firey spectacle set to patriotic music performed by the National Symphony Orchestra July 4, 2001. Watching as the nation celebrated its 226th anniversary, an American flag is held up high from the South Lawn July 4, 2002.
Barney looks over the Fourth of July crowd from the Truman Balcony. President George W. Bush joins war veterans on stage during the Pledge of Allegiance to open the "Saluting Our Veterans" Fourth of July Celebration in Ripley, West Virginia.
President George W. Bush greets residents of Ripley, West Virginia moments after his arrival on Marine One, July 4. President George W. Bush gives remarks during "Saluting Our Veterans" Fourth of July Celebration in Ripley, West Virginia.
Awaiting a show of explosions of color, White House staff members and their families relax on the South Lawn Thursday, July 4. Shortly before the fireworks began, President Bush joined the party and watched the display from the Truman Balcony. President George W. Bush delivers remarks celebrating our National Independence Day, commemorating the 100th anniversary of flight, and honoring our troops at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, July 4, 2003.
President George W. Bush delivers remarks at the Fourth of July Celebration in Charleston, West Virginia on Independence Day, 2004. President George W. Bush delivers remarks at the Fourth of July Celebration on the steps of the Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia on Independence Day, 2004.
President George W. Bush greets the crowd at the Fourth of July Celebration on the steps of the Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia on Independence day, 2004. President George W. Bush speaks to an Independence Day crowd in Morgantown, W.Va., Monday, Jul 4, 2005. The President told the estimated 3,000 people at West Virginia University that "the revolutionary truths of the Declaration are still at the heart of America."
President George W. Bush waves to the estimated 3,000 people in attendance at an Independence Day celebration Monday, July 4, 2005, at West Virginia University in Morgantown. Said the President, "The history we celebrate today is a testament to the power of freedom to lift up a whole nation." An estimated 3,000 celebrated Independence Day Monday, July 4, 2005, by cheering on President George W. Bush as he spoke at West Virginia University in Morgantown.
President George W. Bush watches Fourth of July fireworks from the balcony of the White House Monday evening. The Independence Day celebration was preceded by a birthday fete for the President, who will turn 59 on July 6. On July 4, 2005, President and Mrs. Bush listen as a South Lawn crowd sings "Happy Birthday" at the White House in celebration of the President's upcoming birthday on July 6.

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