Obama Spends 4th In DC, Romney In NH [VIDEO]

President Barack Obama will be celebrating the nation’s 236th birthday today at the White House while Mitt Romney continues a family vacation in New Hampshire.

The president returns from Camp David this morning. Then he’ll deliver remarks at a naturalization ceremony for active-duty service members in the East Room.

In the evening, the president and the first lady will host a Fourth of July celebration with a barbecue, a concert and a view of fireworks on the South Lawn. Their guests will be military heroes and their families.

On Thursday, Obama will begin a two-day campaign bus tour in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Romney is taking a break from vacationing at his lakeside estate in New Hampshire to march in the local Independence Day parade — and to see and be seen by news media as well as potential voters.

Romney and his family plan to parade through the center of Wolfeboro, N.H., this morning, their only official public appearance during a weeklong family break from the campaign trail.

His whole family — now numbering 30 in all — has gathered at their lakeside estate this week for the annual Romney family vacation.

It hasn’t been all fun and games for the likely Republican presidential nominee. Romney huddled Tuesday with his top advisers, including his campaign manager and the aide overseeing his vice presidential search.

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