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US President Donald Trump gestures at the conclusion of his speech during Salute to America, an Independence Day event honoring the nation's 250th anniversary, Saturday, July 4, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
July 5, 2026, 9:01 am
Trump mixes patriotism with partisanship as he celebrates America’s ‘joyous’ 250th
Americans mark milestone by watching tall ships sail in, fighter jet displays, fireworks and music shows as wild weather forces cancellations or changes in events across East Coast
By STEVEN SLOAN and Michelle L. Price
US President Donald Trump steps on stage to deliver remarks during the Independence Day events at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, South Dakota, July 3, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
July 4, 2026, 10:17 am
Ushering in America 250, Trump hails US exceptionalism before evoking Red Scare
‘Mortal threat’ of communism is greater than world wars and 9/11, Trump says, veering into darkly political speech at Mount Rushmore, as stifling heat forces some celebrations to scale back
By STEVEN SLOAN, Steve Peoples and Michelle L. Price
US President Harry Truman's pen on display at the National Library of Israel for America's 250th (Courtesy)
July 2, 2026, 5:15 pm
National Library of Israel marks America’s 250th birthday
Jerusalem institution creates exhibit of rare American artifacts, lecture series and online offerings
By Jessica Steinberg
Ben & Jerry's ice cream on sale at a shop in Jerusalem, on July 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 8, 2023, 10:10 pm
Ben & Jerry’s sees boycott call after July 4 appeal to return ‘stolen indigenous land’
Parent company Unilever loses nearly $2 billion worth of stock since announcement; Native American tribe whose land company’s HQ is built on expresses interest in its return
By ToI Staff
A Highland Park Strong sign is displayed at a retail store in Highland Park, Illinois. July 3, 2023. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)
July 4, 2023, 10:12 am
Highland Park marks year since July 4 shooting with remembrance events
Moment of silence to be held at exact time shooter opened fire, killing 7 in 2022; community walk reclaiming parade route will have no floats, performers or giveaways
By AP and ToI Staff
This photo provided by the Lake County Major Crime Task Force shows Robert Crimo, III. Crimo III has been charged with seven counts of First Degree Murder in the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, July 6, 2022. (Lake County Major Crime Task Force via AP)
July 28, 2022, 12:01 am
Highland Park parade attack suspect indicted on 21 counts of murder
Robert E. Crimo hit with 117 felony charges for mass shooting in heavily Jewish area that killed 7
By AP
Four women join local residents for a two-minute moment of silence at 10:14 a.m. at the Highland Park, Illinois memorial commemorating the seven people who lost their lives during the town's Fourth if July parade, July 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
July 12, 2022, 9:05 am
Highland Park honors victims of July 4 shooting with moment of silence
Over 100 gather for tribute that begins at 10:14 a.m. — the moment police say first shot was fired a week ago — and lasts longer than the planned two minutes
By AP
Linda Straus, widow of Stephen Straus, who was killed Monday in a mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park arrives for a funeral service with family members at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, July 8, 2022, in Evanston, Illinois (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
July 8, 2022, 10:55 pm
Mourners say farewell to synagogue staffer, grandfather slain in July 4 shooting
Jacki Sundheim’s daughter tells Chicago North Shore congregants to fill void left by mother’s death with ‘joy, kindness’; art-loving Stephen Straus described as ‘sweet, generous’
By KATHLEEN FOODY and CLAIRE SAVAGE
Brooke and Matt Strauss, who were married a day earlier, pause after leaving their wedding bouquets in downtown Highland Park, Ill., near the scene of a mass shooting, on July 5, 2022, in Highland Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
July 6, 2022, 8:30 am
Highland Park, shaken by July 4 shooting, has long and notable Jewish presence
According to a 2020 study, the town is 50% Jewish; it has only seen a handful of major antisemitic incidents over the years
By Gabe Friedman
A barricade in place the day after after a mass shooting in the northern Chicago suburb of Highland Park, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
July 5, 2022, 9:42 pm
7th victim of Chicago shooting dies as police say gunman planned attack for weeks
Investigators: Robert Crimo fired more than 70 rounds toward July 4 parade with legally purchased rifle, killing 7, including at least 1 confirmed member of Jewish community
By Robin LEGRAND
Robert (Bobby) E. Crimo III. (City of Highland Park Police Department via AP)
July 5, 2022, 12:45 pm
Chabad rabbi says alleged July 4 Chicago shooter entered his synagogue
Rabbi Yosef Schanowitz, whose house of worship is near the site of Monday’s shooting in heavily Jewish Highland Park, says Robert Crimo wore a yarmulke but ‘seemed out of place’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US law enforcement search in downtown Highland Park, a Chicago suburb, after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade, July 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
July 4, 2022, 8:14 pm
6 dead, 31 wounded in shooting at Chicago-area July 4 parade
Suspected gunman arrested, apparently opened fire from a rooftop using rifle later recovered at scene; Foreign Ministry: Jews among casualties; Lapid: Thoughts are with families
By Jacob Magid and AP
Pro-Israel demonstrators protest against Ben & Jerry's over its boycott of the West Bank, and against antisemitism, in Manhattan, New York City, on August 12, 2021. (Luke Tress/Flash90)
July 4, 2022, 2:31 pm
Daily Briefing July 4: PA hands Abu Akleh bullet over to US; ice cream spat ends
US reporter Jacob Magid on the transfer of the bullet that killed the Al Jazeera journalist, plus Ben & Jerry’s boycott; tech editor Ricky Ben-David looks at German Bayer in Israel
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rome, on June 27, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
July 5, 2021, 8:20 am
Lapid fumbles July 4 message with tweet of Liberia flag
Foreign minister sends message to mark US Independence Day with national banner of African nation instead of the Stars and Stripes
By ToI Staff
People observe the memorial to those missing outside the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building that partially collapsed on July 4, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. (Saul MARTINEZ / Getty Images via AFP)
July 5, 2021, 3:21 am
Fireworks go silent as Miami area marks somber Fourth of July
Locales in Florida and elsewhere cancel celebrations and ask citizens to instead honor victims of condo collapse and first responders waiting to resume search and rescue mission
By AP
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