These Patriotic Illinois Pets Will Brighten Your Day

OAK BROOK, IL — If there's anything people love more than fireworks and barbecue on Fourth of July, it's their pets. And Patch readers really, really love their pets. Patch recently asked readers to send pics of their pups and other pets in patriotic getups and the response was delightfully overwhelming.

One reader even saw dogs in the clouds on Fourth of July:

Here's a look at the patriot pet pics sent in by Patch readers all across Illinois:

But wait, there's more:

And moooooorrrre.......

Other readers sent images that weren't pets to show their Fourth of July fervor.

Like this adorable photo of Olivia, Sofia, Georgina and Caitlyn:

This powerful image of Wyn Cain marching with the League of Women Voters and her granddog, Chauncey, in the Lake Bluff Fourth of July Parade:

And this epic big rig from John Houdek in Tinley Park:

Images via Patch readers