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New York, N.Y. - Thursday, May 25, 2006. In advance of the Memorial Day weekend air show at Jones Beach, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flew demonstration flights over New York City. Here, they fly over the Statue of Liberty.

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The American flag is seen through the viewing fence at Ground Zero.

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Crowds line the shore at Jones Beach for the Fourth of July fireworks show in 2002.

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Members of the FDNY bearing flags march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Manhattan. 03/17/03 (Newsday Photo/Julia Gaines)

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New York, N.Y. - Thursday, May 25, 2006. In advance of the Memorial Day weekend air show at Jones Beach, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flew demonstration flights over New York City. Here, they fly over the Statue of Liberty.

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American flags are reflected from helmets while marching down through Southampton during the Fourth of July Parade, 2001

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Painted and canvas American flags of various periods adorn a Connecticut barn along Route 7 in the New Milford area on Thanksgiving Day, 2002.

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The Empire State Building stands tall, proud and patriotic in red, white and blue, as viewed looking west over midtown in 2002.

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Low clouds had an adverse effect on a July 4th fireworks show at Jones Beach. Most of the large explosions were not visible through the heavy cloud cover.

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American flags are reflected from a wet street during a rainy Memorial Day parade in Hempstead, New York.

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The porch of a Huntington Bay home is decorated with flags for July Fourth.

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View of a house on Bayside Avenue in Oyster Bay captures the spirit of a sleepy Memorial Day in 1997.

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President Geroge W. Bush observes the advance of Colors at a naturalization ceremony at the Great Hall of Ellis Island on July 10, 2001.

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The American Flag is reflected in the raindrops on a car window.

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During the 4th of July celebration at the East River a barrage of fireworks exploding in the air over the New York City skyline,Thursday July 4, 2002 (Newsday Photo by J. Conrad Williams Jr.)

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