Flags, families and fireworks: Helen celebrates America at 250

  • Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN
    Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN
  • Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN
    Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN
  • Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN
    Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN
  • Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN
    Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN
  • Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN
    Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN
  • Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN
    Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN
  • Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN
    Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN
  • Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN
    Crowds of people descended on the City of Helen to celebrate the nation's 250th Independence Day. People spread out in the city's parks on picnic blankets, tail gated in parking lots or relaxed by the Chattahoochee River. The city set off fireworks after dark from Wilkins' Field. DENISE ETHERIDGE/WCN