Arguably, the gayest Fourth of July celebration takes place on Fire Island every year.

Each Fourth of July, Fire Island holds the Invasion of the Pines, an annual tradition that began in 1976 when a visitor in drag, Terry Warren, was refused entry to a restaurant on the New York island.

The fiercest July 4th celebration takes place on New York’s Fire Island every year and involves a boatload of daytime drag queens. The annual Invasion of the Pines tradition began in 1976 when Cherry ...