Three alter­na­tive July 4 fire­works shows if you want to skip the Nation­al Mall

This year’s July Fourth Nation­al Mall fire­works aren’t sched­uled to begin until 10:30 p.m. at the ear­li­est, and vis­i­tors will have to go through exten­sive secu­ri­ty screen­ings to be let into the view­ing area. The incon­ve­niences asso­ci­at­ed with this year’s event have caused some peo­ple to look else­where for Fourth of July celebrations.If the triple-dig­it heat and Trump’s expect­ed “real­ly long” speech is mak­ing you rethink your plans, here are some oth­er events in the region:Annapolis, Mary­land, about 35 miles from Wash­ing­ton, D.C., has a tick­et­ed July Fourth fes­ti­val that runs from 12 to 4 p.m. The tick­ets pro­vide access to three his­toric attrac­tions: the William Paca House and Gar­den, Hogshead Trades Muse­um, and the Muse­um of His­toric Annapo­lis.
The fes­ti­val even fea­tures a Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Trades Show­case where vis­i­tors can print rev­o­lu­tion­ary-era pam­phlets and prac­tice c …