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Answer for the clue "July 4 decorations ", 8 letters:
buntings

Word definitions for buntings in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sparrow \Spar"row\, n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG. sparo, G. sperling, Icel. sp["o]rr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw. sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See Spurn , and cf. Spavin .] (Zo["o]l.) ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Buntings was a large department store in Norwich , England. Arthur Bunting started out in 1860 in partnership with the three Curl Brothers in setting up a drapery on the corner of St Stephens Street and Rampant Horse Street. The partnership did not last ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of bunting English)

Usage examples of buntings.

The huge mansions of the rich and powerful were festooned with gaily hued buntings and hung with colored lanterns.

The few evergreen boughs, wreaths, and brightly-hued buntings hung in celebration of the Erastide season seemed somehuw to accentuate the stiff grimneess of the city.

When a new calf died, Anne had grieved, and her mother could still see her tender agony of disbelief the day she'd found one of her cherished painted buntings dead, its bright blue and coral and gold-green feathers still and crumpled on the path at the foot of the wide front steps that led to the big porches around whichAnne and Jock marched during every storm.