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Fireworks illuminate the sky above the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall during Independence Day celebrations in Washington, DC. Photo: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images.

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Home of Scotland's flag flying high after £100,000 lift Heritage

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Members of slave trade legacy group 'fear for safety' if identities made public Politics

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