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A display of fireworks on Seattles Lake Union in 2014. Credit: Courtesy of Flickr user Scooter Lowrimore Why these Seattleites say they’ve ditched Independence Day celebrations By at 5:42 pm Char Smith, 31, said he grew up loving Fourth of July celebrations. “I loved the flag. I loved the country,” he said. “As a small autistic kid in the 1990s, it was easy for me to never have to look at the abject reality of this countrys history: the genocide o...