Tito Puente Jr. honors the memory of his father, Tito Puente, The King of Salsa, by celebrating America’s birthday with a music and dance fest on Woodrow Wilson Plaza at noon.

“My dad was an amazing man,” he says. “He celebrated all the important holidays — Thanksgiving, Christmas, Father’s Day — and always made it a point to be home for them with the family, even though he spent at least 200 days on the road every year. He was a great provider, a great believer in celebrating freedom, and he loved July Fourth, so it’s especially appropriate that I’m performing in Washington on that day.”