Lincoln: Ian Kerr-Bryant with his first sparkler.

Waterballoons ready at the family zone.

Vancouver USA's Mayor, Tim Leavitt, grand marshall of the DuBois Park Neighborhood Association Fourth of July parade poses with Carley and Katie Postma, participants in the parade.

Gunny sack races at the fort.

Kids? Dogs? Flags? The Columbian wants your favorite Fourth of July photos from 2012.

Gunny sack races at the fort.

Gunny sack races at the fort.

Gunny sack races at the fort.

Three-year-olds Thomas Burckhard and Sumi Dyment attend the Ridgefield parade.

Gunny sack races at the fort.

Early morning at Fort Vancouver

Rylan Hayes, Battle Ground

Sunni Lambert and Preslie Castellani enjoy the Skamania County parade Wednesday.

Caleb, 1, waits for the Ridgefield Parade to start Wednesday. He is waiting for his brothers and sisters who were on the A-Affordable Bail Bonds float.

Hula hoop contest Wednesday at the fort.

Fun at the fort before the fireworks start

Funny sack races at the fort.

Water balloon fight at the fort.

The three-legged race at the fort.

Fireworks

This was taken on 54th street in Vancouver on the Wednesday. Our 4th of July celebration has 5 grandkids, so five tents for all the fun and two canopys for the adults. Good times for sure!

Katie Bittner and Ryan Bittner celebrate the 4th of July in front of their Felida home.

Katy and Elli Wiita enjoy the Fourth of July at Pearson Air Museum on Wednesday.

Caleb, 1, attends his first Fourth of July Parade in Ridgefield on Wednesday.

One of the many entries in Ridgefield's Fourth of July Parade on Wednesday.

Oregon Air National Guard fighter jets conducted a flyover during July 4th festivities in Ridgefield on Wednesday.

Clark County Fire and Rescue had an entry in Ridgefield's Fourth of July Parade on Wednesday.

Ridgefield High School's mascot, theKing Spud, drives a quad during the Ridgefield Independence Day Parade on wednesday.

Palm Tree's at the Fort

Red Dahlia Fireworks

Frozen in Time

Happy Independence Day

A Night at The Fort

Celebrating the Fourth.

Fireworks in Washougal

This photo taken in our garden in the Felida neighborhood today (July 4, 2012) shows a cluster of flowers growing in a fireworks pattern.

Fireworks over the Columbia River.

Fireworks finale

Tessa Dedmore blows bubbles with her father Bret Dedmore in east Vancouver.

Tessa Dedmore blows bubbles in east Vancouver.

Tessa Dedmore eats watermelon in east Vancouver.

Tessa Dedmore watches fireworks with her father Bret Dedmore in the Burnt Bridge Creek neighborhood.

A group of neighbors watch the fireworks in the Burnt Bridge Creek neighborhood.

A majority of the Vancouver City Council said on Monday they will consider an ordinance that would limit the sale of fireworks to three days and limit the use to one day — the Fourth of July — beginning in 2014.

Fireworks go off in central Vancouver.

Fireworks go off in central Vancouver.