50 Funny And Festive Instagram Captions Made For The Fourth Of July

Happy Birthday, America!

Updated on May 4, 2024

This year, make your social media post one for the history books with these festive, funny, and sentimental Fourth of July Instagram captions. If your patriotic heart bleeds red, white, and blue all year long, there's no better way to show it than with these captions just made for the Fourth of July. When in doubt, sprinkle in an American flag emoji or two—and you're set.

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4th Of July Captions That Keep It Simple

Fourth of July Phrase Bold Stripes Brave Hearts — Southern Living

Bold stripes, bright stars, brave hearts.
Land of the free, because of the brave.
My patriotic heart beats red, white and blue.
Happy Birthday, America!
Fireball and fireworks.
Let freedom ring!
Man, it feels good to be an American.
Apple pie and fireworks and baseball and beer.
God Bless America!
'Merica, y'all!
Home of the free, est. 1776.
It's a party in the USA.

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4th Of July Captions Based On Quotes

"He makes me melt like a popsicle on the Fourth of July." –The Little Rascals
"From every mountainside, let freedom ring." –Samuel F. Smith
"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country." –John F. Kennedy
"It's Fourth of July weekend, or, as I call it, Exploding Christmas." –Stephen Colbert
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." –Ben Franklin
"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave." –Elmer Davis
"America, to me, is freedom." –Willie Nelson
"You look like the Fourth of July! Makes me want a hot dog real bad" -Jennifer Coolidge
“Freedom lies in being bold.” —Robert Frost
"The fact is, with every friendship you make and every bond you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world." — Michelle Obama
"Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can't lose"— Friday Night Lights

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4th Of July Captions That'll Make Them Laugh

Knock Knock Joke Fourth of July Freedom Rings — Southern Living

Why are there not any knock-knock jokes about America? Because freedom rings.
"You're welcome." –George Washington
I like my coffee black and my tea in the harbor.
Let's party like it's 1776.
Nothing says 'Happy Fourth of July' like seeing grandpa in his jean shorts!
Fourth of July celebrations are really just what people in Texas do everyday: eat barbeque, drink beer and light stuff on fire!
Sorry, can't hear you over my freedom!
'MERICA, est. 1776.
Firework pics or it didn't happen.
Fire up the grill!

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4th Of July Captions Based On Patriotic Song Lyrics

Toby Keith Red, White, and Blue Quote — Southern Living

"Brought to you courtesy of the red, white, and blue." –Toby Keith
"Born in the U.S.A., I'm a cool rocking daddy in the U.S.A." –Bruce Springsteen
"I thank god for my life, and for the stars and stripes/May freedom forever fly, let it ring." –Zac Brown
"She's a good girl, loves her mama/Loves Jesus and America too." –Tom Petty
"It's a high school prom, it's a Springsteen song, it's a ride in a Chevrolet/It's a man on the moon and fireflies in June and kids sellin' lemonade/It's cities and farms, it's open arms, one nation under God/It's America." –Rodney Atkins
"So we raise her up every morning, take her down every night/We don't let her touch the ground, and we fold her up right/On second thought, I do like to brag/'Cause I'm mighty proud of the ragged old flag." –Johnny Cash
"And you'll be sorry that you messed with/The U.S. of A./`Cause we`ll put a boot in you're a**/It's the American way." –Toby Keith
“I’m just like my country, I’m young, scrappy, and hungry.” — Hamilton The Musical
“It’s a party in the U.S.A.” —Miley Cyrus
“We’re the kids in America.” —Kim Wilde

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4th Of July Captions That Remind Us To Be Grateful

FDR Fourth of July Quote — Southern Living

"Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong." - President George Washington
“Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness.” - Louis D. Brandeis
“I’d like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and wanted other people to be also free.” - Rosa Parks
“America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.” - Paul Tsongas

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