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President Donald Trump kicked off a weekend of celebrations for America's 250th birthday with a speech at Mount Rushmore on Friday.
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NPR member station reporters across the U.S. asked people how they are thinking about their country on its semiquincentennial.
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A parade in Philadelphia, one of the largest in its history, was canceled on Friday, and the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington closed for several hours.
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July 4th events for America's milestone birthday are being threatened by a brutal heat wave. And, Russia has struck Ukraine's capital, killing several people in what it calls retaliatory attacks.
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