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In the Pacific Northwest, Seattle’s Family 4th at Lake Union event is the place to spend Independence Day. Funk, blues and soul groups perform during the day and a spectacular 21-minute fireworks show lights up the night.
The event’s claim to fame is its high-flying bursts of pyrotechnics: that soar 1,000 feet over Lake Union. Fired from barges, the show includes high aerial shells and ground-level barrages of fountains, comets and 5,000 mini-bursts that take place in the span of seconds.
