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More Than Three-Quarters Of Americans To Spend Less On July 4th This Year

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Instead of celebrating the red, white and blue, some people may have a case of the blues this Fourth of July weekend.

A new WalletHub survey shows 78% of Americans will spend less money on July 4th this year.

Last year people spent $6.7 billion on Independence Day.

But enthusiasm has been dampened by travel and fireworks restrictions amid the ongoing pandemic.

The survey also found that about a third of Americans feel "less patriotic" this year than they have in the past.

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