Overview
- Millions of Americans logged record travel over the holiday weekend, straining roads, airports and rail services.
- Celebrations featured parades such as Bristol’s historic procession, the Wawa Welcome America festival in Philadelphia, backyard barbecues, concerts and fireworks displays.
- Naturalization ceremonies at historic sites, notably at Mount Vernon, welcomed hundreds of new citizens taking oaths beneath American flags.
- Women’s March–led organizers held more than 260 “Free America” demonstrations to protest the administration’s immigration and healthcare policies.
- Several Latino-majority neighborhoods in Los Angeles canceled scheduled parades after aggressive federal immigration sweeps underscored community fears.