Fourth of July is easily one of the greatest holidays in the history of civilization. It's the one of the few days out of the year when rambunctious displays of patriotism are completely appropriate -- and even encouraged -- in the name of the United State's continued strength, hope, freedom, and ass-kicking independence. Before you stock up on fireworks and swiftly flee your office for a day of cookouts, beaches, and cheap domestic beer, set the mood for the festivities by cranking up a little Springsteen and checking out our list of the 50 hottest celebrity women sizzling in stars and stripes. Since symbolism is everything, we made sure to select one women for ever star on the flag. Although these ladies may be blissfully ignoring flag-code protocol by wearing skimpy red, white, and blue bikinis or wrapping their nekked bodies in Old Glory, but we have a hunch Betsy Ross and our Found Fathers will let this one slip in the name of civic duty. 50 hot celebrity women wearing the flag after the jump.