Fourth of July Choose-Your-Own-Adventure
Summer holiday with a dash of American art
Family reunion? Week at the beach? Small town parade? Baseball game? Escape to the woods? Working all day? Whatever your plans for America’s birthday, we have an artwork to fit. So pour yourself a lemonade, find a spot in the shade, and enjoy your holiday with a dash of American art.
Robert K. Hower, July 4, 1976, Louisville, KY, 1976
Found the perfect spot, now settling in to wait for the parade to begin.
Di Stovall, Ice Cream Orchard
Perhaps your dream holiday includes ice cream, as far as the eye can see…
Robert Ebendorf, Off the Street, On the Beach, 1992
Treasures from a day at the beach, a mermaid’s dream necklace.
Morris Kantor, Baseball at Night, 1934
Baseball, apple pie, and the Fourth of July.
Harry Brodsky, Summer Night
We see you: working all day for holiday pay, running home to catch a glimpse of the fireworks display.
Hananiah Harari, Sparklers on the Fourth, 1940
Don’t let life imitate art (careful with those burning hot sparklers!).
Have a happy Fourth of July!
Mimi Herbert, Folded Flag #2, 2001
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