My first 4th of July

I moved to the USA in 2024 at mid-July, so missed the July 4 celebrations by a few days. I have attended revelry focused, celebratory days in other countries before : Diwali in India, Carnival in Germany and King’s Day in Netherlands.

July 4, 2025 was my chance to finally witness this in the US.

An American friend suggested attending a monster truck rally, and I didn’t even blink before saying yes. What better way to celebrate independence?!

And it delivered!

I ate fries, tried fried snickers for the first time! (Wasn’t too bad), saw some bikes in the air, saw some monster trucks, and saw a sloth for the first time.

Fried potatoes!

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Fried Snickers!

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Me with a blinky flag

Bikes!

Monster trucks!