Marine Corps Col. Michael L. Scalise, commanding officer, Marine Corps Installations East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, shoots T-shirts out of an air canon launcher during Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune’s annual Fourth of July celebration, William Pendleton Thomas Hill Field, , July 4, 2017. From 1776 to present day, July 4 has been adopted as the birth of American Independence, later on becoming a national holiday in 1870 by the Congress.

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