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DENVER, the United States, July 5-- With record drought conditions and cancellations due to COVID-19, some scattered fireworks filled the skies across COVID-19 beleaguered U.S. West, as most citizens stayed at home and celebrated the Independence Day weekend in an uNPRecedented, reserved fashion. The major national day dates back to 1776, when the fledgling United States fought for and gained freedom from then superpower Great Britain. The 2020 celebrations will be long remembered. During the past week, about a dozen big western states have seen record spikes of COVID-19 cases, and have implemented new restrictions and safety measures, with governors in Utah and Texas finally mandating masks. In the meantime, western governors have shuttered bars and restaurants again, after less than a month of reopening, after hospitals filled again with people infected with the novel coronavirus which has killed about 130,000 Americans as of Sunday afternoon. What's more, an historic drought throughout the region made this year's Fourth of July in the west become mostly a stay-at-home affair, with fireworks restrictions affecting most states. FEWER PARADES Historically, Independence Day parades rank as one of America's most revered cultural events. In Page, Arizona, "several hundred residents attended a Fourth of July parade, at 9 a.m., and fireworks went off 12 hours later," Raising Arizona Kids magazine posted. | 
