Fireworks explode near Moapa Paiute Travel Plaza during Fourth of July festivities in Moapa, northwest of Las Vegas, on Saturday, July 4, 2020. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Fourth of July fireworks at the Plaza casino lit up the night sky in downtown Las Vegas on Saturday. (David Guzman/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Clark County has issued an air quality advisory for the holiday weekend because of elevated levels of smoke and ozone from fireworks.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The words appear in the Declaration of Independence, the results of which we celebrate on July Fourth. We asked Southern Nevadans (and one visiting couple) a question that seems particularly relevant in these divisive times: What unites us as Americans?
Fireworks will be launched from several locations around the Las Vegas Valley to celebrate the Fourth of July.
The Summerlin Council Patriotic Parade will be held virtually this year on July 4. Golden Knights players Nate Schmidt and Alec Martinez will take part. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Thousands attended the Summerlin Council Patriotic Parade in Las Vegas on July 4, 2019. (Blake Apgar/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
If you were here last Wednesday, you saw, heard or felt some of the tens of thousands of illegal fireworks set off in the Vegas Valley.
Tom Pedro, Terrible Herbst Co. director of maintenance, and a proud American talks about the importance of Independence Day. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)