How Do You Celebrate America’s 250-Year Experiment? However You Want. NYT | Top Stories Richard Fausset 4 July 2026 at 17:00 Away from the turmoil in Washington, Americans will mark July 4 in their own patriotic ways. Expect rodeos, line dancing, Tejano music and Led Zeppelin. © Rachel Wisniewski for The New York TimesA crowd recreated the shape of the Liberty Bell on Independence Mall in Philadelphia on Thursday.