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No other experience better sums up the phrase "the patchwork quilt of America." Plant your blanket on the Mall on the Fourth of July, and by the time the fireworks start at 9:10 p.m., you'll be surrounded by people of all backgrounds united in celebration. At 8 p.m., the National Symphony Orchestra, Kool & the Gang and Javier Colon, last year's winner of "The Voice," will be among the performers in "A Capitol Fourth" concert, which concludes with the fireworks and the 1812 Overture. The National Mall Between the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC | 202-485-9880

Vs. the San Francisco Giants Nationals Park 1500 South Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC | 202-675-6287

An annual juried exhibition of botanical art Brookside Gardens 1800 Glenallen Ave., Wheaton, MD | 301-962-1400

The gallery collaborates with Solas Nua to present the work of the Irish artist, who advocates a kind of activism towards history, disclosing and building upon fragile stories and objects in the past. Transformer Gallery 1404 P St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-483-1102

Abstract paintings by Audrey Salkind Waverly Street Gallery 4600 East West Hwy., Bethesda, MD | 301-951-9441

This year, the festival looks closer to home, teaming up with the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum to focus on identity and community in Anacostia. Other programs are dedicated to the AIDS Quilt and the 150th anniversary of the USDA and land-grant universities nationwide. The National Mall Between the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

A husband engages in a battle of wits with his wife's other lover. Olney Theatre Center 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd., Olney, MD | 301-924-3400

Works by Eileen Olson. At the Studio 5 Gallery. Workhouse Arts Center 9601 Ox Rd., Lorton, VA | 703-495-0001

Paintings by Fabricio Lara ArtSpace Herndon 750 Center Street, Herndon, VA | 703-956-6590

Works by Barbara Nuss, John Petro, Chick Rhodehamel and Rhona LK Schonwald Oakland Mills Interfaith Center 5885 Robert Oliver Pl., Columbia, MD | 410-730-4090