http://www.life.com/images/logo.png LIFE - LIFE on the Fourth http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/29732/life-on-the-fourth Three Boys Celebrate the Fourth in Monroe, Washington With Sparklers, 1954 http://www.life.com/image/50588530 We've collected LIFE's best Fourth of July photographs. Enjoy!]]> 50588530 Sun, 04 Jul 1954 03:00:00 EDT We've collected LIFE's best Fourth of July photographs. Enjoy!]]> Nat Farbman 2009 gettyImages.com Bored Brownies Wait in Wantagh, N.Y. to March in a Fourth of July Parade, 1962 http://www.life.com/image/50691916 ]]> 50691916 Wed, 04 Jul 1962 03:00:00 EDT ]]> Leonard McCombe 2009 gettyImages.com Youngsters in Dallas Texas Blast a Tin Can, 1955 http://www.life.com/image/50408841 ]]> 50408841 Sat, 01 Jan 1955 03:00:00 EST ]]> John Dominis. 2009 gettyImages.com New York City Police Hover Over a Brooklyn Beach on the Fourth, 1953 http://www.life.com/image/50647604 NYC Police helicopter hovering over Independence Day crowd at beach at Far Rockaway. (Photo by Margaret Bourke-White//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)]]> 50647604 Sat, 04 Jul 1953 03:00:00 EDT NYC Police helicopter hovering over Independence Day crowd at beach at Far Rockaway. (Photo by Margaret Bourke-White//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)]]> Margaret Bourke-White. 2009 gettyImages.com Native Americans Celebrate the Fourth in Wisconsin, 1953 http://www.life.com/image/50416968 ]]> 50416968 Wed, 01 Jul 1953 03:00:00 EDT ]]> Francis Miller 2009 gettyImages.com Soldiers Present Colors at a Base in Germany on the Fourth, 1948 http://www.life.com/image/50513724 ]]> 50513724 Thu, 01 Jul 1948 03:00:00 EDT ]]> Walter Sanders. 2009 gettyImages.com Crowds at Rockaway Beach, New York City, 1946 http://www.life.com/image/50693617 ]]> 50693617 Thu, 04 Jul 1946 04:00:00 EDT ]]> Sam Shere 2009 gettyImages.com Guests Throw Confetti During the Beaux Arts Ball in New Orleans, 1952 http://www.life.com/image/50534982 Guests throwing confetti during the Beaux Arts Ball, while the couple dressed as 4th of July are talking to friends. (Photo by John Dominis//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)]]> 50534982 Sat, 01 Nov 1952 03:00:00 EST Guests throwing confetti during the Beaux Arts Ball, while the couple dressed as 4th of July are talking to friends. (Photo by John Dominis//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)]]> John Dominis. 2009 gettyImages.com Columns of U.S. Soldiers March Up Fifth Avenue on Independence Day, 1942 http://www.life.com/image/50693841 Columns of US soldiers marching Independence Day parade up Fifth Avenue w. the Empire State Building looming in the bkgd.. (Photo by Andreas Feininger//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)]]> 50693841 Sat, 04 Jul 1942 03:00:00 EWT Columns of US soldiers marching Independence Day parade up Fifth Avenue w. the Empire State Building looming in the bkgd.. (Photo by Andreas Feininger//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)]]> Andreas Feininger 2009 gettyImages.com A Couple Tries the Barrel of Fun Ride at Coney Island's Fourth of July Celebrations, 1942 http://www.life.com/image/50620286 ]]> 50620286 Wed, 01 Jul 1942 03:00:00 EWT ]]> William Vandivert. 2009 gettyImages.com