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10:00 am We gather at the White House Visitor Center @ (1450 Pennsylvania Ave. NW), we will stay there until 10:45am and enjoy games, crafts and other activities celebrating America's Birthday. National Park Service rangers and volunteers will give you the opportunity to sample the sights, sounds, activities and personages that helped finalize the Declaration of Independence and create the United States of America on July 4, 1776. For more info. Please see http://dc.about.com/od/governmentbuildings/a/WhiteHouseVisit.htm

10:50am we gonna enjoy the Smithsonian Folklife Festival @ National Mall, featuring daily and evening music and dance performances, crafts and cooking demonstrations, storytelling and discussions of cultural issues. The themes of the 2010 program will be: México Profundo: A Deeper Mexico, Asian Pacific American Connections and Smithsonian Inside Out. We will have lunch there and leave at 11:40pm For more info. Please see http://dc.about.com/od/specialevents/a/FolklifeFest.htm

11：45pm we enjoy the parade and time is flexible, we can have a break then or rejoin the Festival @ National Mall until 5:00pm

Parade Route: Constitution Avenue and 7th to 17th Sts

6:00pm we gonna enjoy the concert on the Washington Monument Grounds. The U.S. Navy Band perfroms on the Southwest corner of the grounds of the Washington Monument. The concert includes the talents of the U.S. Navy Concert Band, the Sea Chanters chorus, and the Cruisers, their rock and top-40 ensemble. That portion ends at 7:30 p.m., to be followed by a vignette by the National Park Service. At 8:00 p.m., the Navy Band Commodores Jazz ensemble will perform with special guest Jane Monheit. This portion promptly concludes at 9:10 p.m. for the fireworks display.

Around 9:15 p.m. we watch the Fireworks on the National Mall

After the event, we post the pictures here and we'll vote to see who will win the photo contest.