Attaya Reed Brown
Carson
“It’s a reminder that no matter what is happening around us, of how blessed we are and the freedoms and the liberties. There’s no other place I’d rather be.”
Ricardo LJ Mowatt
Los Angeles
“Freedom came from the Fourth of July. In Panama, I can remember times when every election people braced for revolution.”
Kahli Bush
Los Angeles
“Spending time with family, eating good food, popping fireworks, going to bed super-duper late because you’re popping fireworks all night.”
Brayan Acabal
Los Angeles
“It’s a celebration and it also happens to fall on my birthday. … I celebrate it like many others because it represents freedom and happiness.”
Compiled by Cynthia Gibson in South Los Angeles.
