Obama Celebrates Fourth Of July At White House

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will be celebrating the nation's 236th birthday Wednesday at the White House.

The president returns from Camp David in the morning. He will deliver remarks at a naturalization ceremony for active-duty service members in the East Room.

In the evening, the president and the first lady will host a Fourth of July celebration with a barbecue, a concert and a view of fireworks on the South Lawn. Their guests will be military heroes and their families.

On Thursday, Obama will begin a two-day campaign bus tour in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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• Double fistin'

  This dog is twice as patriotic as you.

• Chillin' with the flag

  This cat sleeps in red, white and blue.

• Fetchin' the flag

  He's bringing back pride.

• Red, white and cute!

  Who says being patriotic can't be adorable?

• Patriotic finch

  Walk soft...

• America is delicious...

  We couldn't have said it better ourselves.

• Have flag, will go to parade...

  This dog is ready to go and make it a star-spangled day.

• Lookin' cool

  This dog's patriotic 'tude is to be commended.

• America, F*ck Yeah!

  Sometimes you have to shout your pride.

• Portrait of a perfect American

  Commemorating the world's most patriotic dog.

• Rockin' the Uncle Sam look

  This dog wants YOU... to join the party.

• A fuzzy salute

  The decorum shown here is tremendous.

• Sleepy pride...

  Nothing more American than a cat nap.

• Patriotic bird

  If you can get this outfit on your bird, you're more patriotic than every single other American.

• Patriotic ferret

  Take that dogs and cats.

Comments

[Bebesc]

01:45 PM on 07/05/2012

Trying to buy Military Votes! Couldn't care less about the military men and women. All of his actions toward the distain for Amerrica proves that. At least they got a good meal and got the respect for one day from Obama

[Skydivernyc]

12:19 PM on 07/05/2012

Faux News was reporting that the POTUS was going to be in Paris fund raising for the 4th. I am shocked that once again, Faux News told another lie. Of course it is scrubed from their site, just report it and when you get caught act like you never reported it.

[strangetimes]

12:04 PM on 07/05/2012

You can't get any more American then that. Great Example Mr. President, paying attention GOP.

[sdanca4]

11:26 AM on 07/05/2012

I thought the Rove and Republicans & Co. said the President was in London. The Breitbart Blogs, National Journal and WSJ all stated the President was in LONDON on our country's 4th of July.....painting him as "Unpatriotic", other, Muslim, N@#$er to their Rabid base.

Afterall, their lies only work with the low-information, rabid haters.

[johneljuan]

11:44 AM on 07/05/2012

AHHHHHH, PARIS IN WASHIGTON, LMAO.

[rocky7]

10:45 AM on 07/05/2012

oh no, this was a fake Obama in the White house on the 4th of July. The Repubs all said he was going to Paris to celebrate the 4th because he hates America so much and wants to turn us into a European like country you know, he was getting pointers from the French on how to turn us into a socialist state................the Repubs said so so it must be true.

[motherearth13]

09:36 AM on 07/05/2012

Love our First Family! Unlike the Republican Party of late...They represent all that is good about Americans.

Obama/Biden 2012!!!

[exchef100]

09:18 AM on 07/05/2012

Is the White House a restaurant in France because all the CONservatives are yelling (untruthfully) about how he'll be in Paris on the 4th. More lies from the right.

[johneljuan]

11:44 AM on 07/05/2012

FOX LIED? IM AM IN TOTAL SHOCK, LMAO

[Patrix]

08:45 AM on 07/05/2012

FOX NEWS FOXED IT UP AGAIN

[GlenRastell]

09:07 AM on 07/05/2012

Thanks for the senseless BS.

[exchef100]

09:17 AM on 07/05/2012

That doesn't even make sense.

[Texas4Obama]

01:22 AM on 07/05/2012

This is the FORTH year that President Obama has spent 4th of July at the White House with military families. Looks like the Republicans haven't been paying attention :)

[Wandaz]

12:39 PM on 07/05/2012

That's because the leaders of their party (Priebus, Fox News - yes, Fox News) are dangling shiny lies, distracting them from the truth...or even a shred of reality.

[DeeFromTheD]

11:23 PM on 07/04/2012

Pics and video of President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama with military families at the WH today:

http://theobamadiary.com/2012/07/04/july-4-at-the-white-house/

[hhoc612710]

11:15 PM on 07/04/2012

Didn't Rove and others twitted that the president is going to spend the fourth of July in the sicialist France !!! What bunch of liars !!! The president is doing what he suppose to do every year on independance day.
Happy fourth of July first family. I love you.

[King Nine]

10:29 PM on 07/04/2012

as the debt bomb comes closer to detonation...............

[timosides]

11:43 AM on 07/05/2012

yawn.. should have followed up with something patriotic.don't ya think?

[roostertatoo]

10:24 PM on 07/04/2012

That's funny, I could have sworn that I heard that President Obama's doppelganger was spotted by (Karl Rove) in France, on the Champs Élysées, enjoying a croissant today...

[Texas4Obama]

01:14 AM on 07/05/2012

Sounds more like Rmoney.

[johneljuan]

11:45 AM on 07/05/2012

THAT WAS LAPIERE.

[Deschris]

08:26 PM on 07/04/2012

Thanks for the start in health care reforms...single payer in view...FORWARD...we are not going back.

[hhoc612710]

11:16 PM on 07/04/2012

FORWARD for me too Deschris.
Obama 2012

[JEANgenie]

11:36 AM on 07/05/2012

Me three!!

Obama 2012