Fun on the Fourth of July

Lindsay Fisser, 10, her father, Perry, left, and mother Laurie, from Huntington Beach, are dressed for the occasion and with a front-row seat at Huntington Beach’s annual Fourth of July parade, one of the largest and oldest in the country. Perry, a lifelong resident of the city, says he’s been coming to the event his entire life and bringing Lindsay for all of hers.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Participants on a packed Albertson’s grocery store float throw beads and candy to spectators along Main Street during Huntington Beach’s 107th Independence Day parade.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

A couple make their way along Pacific Coast Highway before the start of the July 4th parade in Huntington Beach.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Jenna, a terrier mix owned by the Luciani family of Huntington Beach, gets situated before the start of the parade.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Children line Main Street before the patriotic procession gets underway.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Ian Richardson and Gabriel Owens-Flores watch the fireworks at Dodger Stadium from Flores’ deck on July 4, 2011.  (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)

Fourth of July fireworks pop over the Huntington Beach Pier on Monday evening. Thousands lined the beach to watch the free show.  (Gary Ambrose/ Los Angeles Times)