Fort Bragg hosted its annual July Fourth celebration on the Main Post Parade field and featured several national recording artists.
Cheap Trick, Chris Stapleton and Natalie Stovall and The Drive all performed for an estimated 40,000 people, as well as performances by the 82nd Airborne Division Band and All American Chorus.
Threatening rain clouds held off just in time for The Fireworks "Concert in the Sky" which started at 9:42 p.m.