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Adorable IL Pets Show Their Spirit For Fourth of July

Forget the fireworks. This roundup of patriotic pet pics will have you saying "ooh" and "aah" and "maybe I do need another dog."

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Forget the fireworks. This roundup of patriotic pet pics will have you saying "ooh" and "aah" and "maybe I do need another dog."
Forget the fireworks. This roundup of patriotic pet pics will have you saying "ooh" and "aah" and "maybe I do need another dog." (via Sari Weil)

ACROSS ILLINOIS — It's the Fourth of July, which means it's time to celebrate some beloved American traditions: grilling outside, lighting off fireworks and embarrassing our pets by adorning them in oodles of red, white and blue garb.

Once again, we asked our Illinois Patch readers to assail us with an assortment of patriotic pet photos. And once again, we were thrilled by the response. Scroll through to see some freedom-loving fur babies this Fourth of July.

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via Georgeanne Katsuleas
via Peggy Blankschein
via Stephanie Frey
via Craig Neal
via Kathy Mish
via Justine Constantino
via Kathy Maish
via Kathryn Dunlap
via Loralee Robbins
Cynthia Gaspar
Cynthia Gaspar
via Mary Ann Valenzia

Amid all these adorable pets, there's someone we cannot forget whose birthday falls on this day. Her daughter, Kathy Maish, told Patch she is " the most patriotic person I know."

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Happy birthday... and Happy Independence Day!" from all of us at Illinois Patch.

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