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Photos: Fourth of July celebration at Avenida Escazú

The United States celebrated its 243rd birthday Thursday in Washington D.C. and across the world.

Avenida Escazú hosted one of the largest Independence Day parties in Costa Rica with live music, a vintage car parade and, of course, fireworks.

Have some photos from your July 4 celebration in Costa Rica? Send them our way (alejandro@ticotimes.net) and we’ll add them to the post.

Vintage car parade at Avenida Escazu
Alejandro Zúñiga / The Tico Times
Band at July 4 celebrations
Alejandro Zúñiga / The Tico Times
July 4 celebrations in Escazu
Alejandro Zúñiga / The Tico Times

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