People across the country celebrated Independence Day on Friday, July 4, with the traditional parades, fireworks and cookouts. Others used America's 249th birthday as a chance to protest President Donald Trump and his administration.

The Fourth of July is a celebration of all things American with parades, backyard barbecues and the night sky lit up with fireworks.

Hundreds of protesters who spent the Fourth of July in downtown Los Angeles to rally against the immigration raids that have roiled the region and the surge in federal funding approved this week to keep them going.

Fourth of July actions are planned in a handful of cities across Wisconsin, including Milwaukee and Madison. On Fourth of July, Women’s March is hosting “Free America” actions across the country, encouraging people to organize marches, rallies, parades, block parties or barbecues in protest.

Dozens of Houstonians joined the impromptu group to chant, rant and sign a declaration of "independence from Trump's fascist America."

The threat of continued ICE raids has continued, prompting officials to express concern over the welfare of revelers congregating in large celebratory gatherings.

Roughly a hundred people protest at North Charleston City Hall on July 4 following the passage of Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," despite bad weather.

A rally at Seattle Central College attracted Seattle-area residents who said they didn't feel much like celebrating this Fourth of July.