Souza, from the WH Roof

[bigtree]

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tweeted by, petesouza ‏@petesouza 20m
The President, daughter Malia, and First Lady watch the fireworks from the roof of the White House. #4thofjuly pic.twitter.com/8RFFHRFd2O




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[SalviaBlue]

1. Cool!

No matter what else... I just love that family and I believe his presidency is a step in the right direction.

[madrchsod]

2. the best seat on the house.....

[sheshe2]

3. Thanks for the pictures bigtree!

What a celebration.

[Honeycombe8]

4. That's not Souza. THIS is Souza:

[freshwest]

5. Hi bigtree. Where are they actually setting the fireworks off? Reflecting pool, somewhere else?

[bigtree]

9. yep, I think it's from the Lincoln reflecting pool

[freshwest]

11. Oh, wow, that is wonderful. Thanks!

[Cha]

13. Oh, that's NICE! Btw, how cool is it

to be up on the White House roof?! I always wondered where those shots of the Obamas watching the 4th of July Fireworks were taken?

[Lady Freedom Returns]

6. YEAH!!!! Independence Day!

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

7. YEAH!!!

In the process of being patriotic, we are shocking the right-wing who thinks we hate America!!!

[SunSeeker]

8. Just watched the best fireworks show from the roof of our house.

We straddled beach chairs along our roof ridgeline and brought up sodas and popcorn (we figured we wait until we got down off the roof to start on the alcohol!). We watched an awesome show that was launching from just down the street. We could also see other shows all over, from Long Beach to those going off at Disneyland on the horizon. A bunch of our neighbors were doing the same thing. Whenever a really cool display went off we'd all clap. You got the feeling everyone was celebrating together...a shared patriotism born of love for our community and our country. A great way to enjoy the 4th.

[bigtree]

10. sounds just right, SunSeeker

. . . the fourth really brings out the best of our community spirit and draws in generations for celebrations to come.

[Cha]

14. So Lucky, Sunseeker.. to be able to get on your very

own roof and watch Fireworks! And, from Long Beach to Disneyland!

Good call about abstaining until descent from roof!

[Cha]

12. Gorgeous, bigtree.. I just saw your OP. I had one in the BOG

with a couple of more shots..



http://theobamadiary.com/2013/07/04/let-the-sparks-fly/

Happy Fourth of July, bigtree~ Still the Fourth here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110211678

[bigtree]

15. wow! That's a great shot, Cha!

. . . really show the city in a new light. Thanks for the addition!

[Iliyah]

16. Thanks Bigtree!

Waking up to something positive is a plus. Also, we had a block party celebrating the 4th of July with all the colors and balloons. At nightfall the fireworks began with each street trying to out do the other, what a sight and quite noisy and smokey to boot!

We had a ball . .

We do love this country's freedom which unfortunately some do not appreciate. So thank you again.

[malaise]

17. Lovely

Thanks

[mountain grammy]

18. Living in the Colorado mountains, I'm not too fond of fireworks,

but after two blessed rainy days, we were able to enjoy our display over beautiful Grand Lake, Co. Happy 4th of July! Hooray America!

[DFW]

19. I used to get the SECOND best view of the fireworks when I was in DC for the Fourth

A friend of mine used to invite a bunch of friends to the roof of the embassy of his country on Pennsylvania Ave., had a bunch of chefs flown in from Québec, and had a huge bash for his American friends plus a few fellow ambassadors from other countries.

The view was fabulous, and he liked to tell us that only Bill Clinton (who was president at the time) had a better view.

[obama2terms]

20. Beautiful just beautiful!

Wasn't it also one his of his girl's birthdays on the fourth?

[rury]

21. Malia, the oldest girl, turned 15 on Independence Day.

[obama2terms]

23. Oh my she's getting old!

BO is going to have to keep his eye out on those boys soon enough!

[Rhiannon12866]

22. K&R! These are wonderful!

Thanks so much for posting!

[blkmusclmachine]

24. Meh.

[bigtree]

25. you must have missed the finale

[classysassy]

26. Great pictures of out first family