Hi, not in the US either, but I went with summer, red, white and blue with yellow (for the sparklers), stars and the dotty background instead of the bokeh.
I used the red white and blue colors (we have he same colors in our flag but I wanted to do something different) and the stars. These are some photos of my brother at an open cockpit day at an airport...
I was inspired by the red, white and blue; fireworks (sunburst papers); and bokeh which reminded me of bubbles! Thanks for a really fun challenge!
This has been sitting ever since the 4th waiting for me to get around to posting it... Suppose I should... it is obviously a double spread... could have used just one side, but not as effective... hope this is OK? taken solely with my iPhone 13 pro.... The images were amazing on the phone screen, but lost a lot getting them onto the computer... That said, I was basically happy with them... taken from the end of the street I live on.... pretty bare bones an simple for me, but to add anything more would have been too much....