Six-year-old Matthew Lee of Cape Coral guards his sand castle Monday while waiting for the sand castle judging to take place during the Fourth of July celebration on Residents' Beach. The beach party, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club, featured a Bikini contest, volleyball and horseshoe matches, food, music and fireworks.
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Kylie Hawkins, 6, of Naples, huffs and puffs to keep up with Monday's Independence Day parade along Fifth Avenue South. The parade was the first one held in the city since 1991.
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Collier County's own Operation Desert Storm veterans march through Naples Thursday during the City's Fourth of July parade 1991.
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Rob Storter (1894-1987) sketched these boat races on July 4th in Chokoloskee. Many of his pictures with notes about what he remembered growing up in Everglades are part of the Storter Collection at the Collier County Museum.
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