Photo gallery: 2018 Independence Day celebration

photo by: Mike Yoder

The band Signal Ridge performs during Lawrence's Independence Day celebration Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in Burcham Park.

Revelers turned out at Burcham Park on Wednesday for the city’s annual Independence Day celebration. This year’s event was organized by Mike Logan, owner of The Granada.

Photos by Mike Yoder/Lawrence Journal-World

photo by: Mike Yoder

Children react to Last Carnival performers during Lawrence’s Independence Day celebration on Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in Burcham Park.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Li Jing, left, takes a photo of his friend Weng Zhuoqun along the Kansas River during Lawrence’s Independence Day celebration on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 in Burcham Park. Jing and Zhuoqun, both from Beijing, are studying at KU this summer.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Robert Blaine, of Wichita, cools down his 5-month-old granddaughter Birdie during Lawrence’s Independence Day celebration on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 in Burcham Park.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Fireworks, viewed in this photo from the Kansas River bridge, cap off Lawrence’s Independence Day festivities Wednesday, July 4, 2018.

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