Lighting up the night

Blasts from Baton Rouge's annual fireworks display light up the downtown skyline.

Wearing her flag-theme hat, Brenda Blanks of Baton Rouge watches fireworks on the Mississippi River levee last year.

R.C. Knight, Paula Knight, Glen Badeaux and Sheila Badeaux, from left, participate in last year’s False River Fourth of July Boat Parade in New Roads.

Alexis Robert, from left, with his aunt, Marie Tesson, and her children, Michael Tesson, Karina Tesson and husband, Mark Tesson, watch a military flyover at last year’s Star-Spangled Celebration in downtown Baton Rouge.