Mascara, Mirth and Mayhem: Independence Day on Fire Island is a collection of Susan Kravitz’s Invasion of the Pines photographs taken over the past four decades in the LGBTQIA+ community of Cherry Grove, Fire Island, NY. These photographs chronicle the joyfulness and exuberance that are evident each July 4th when cross-dressing participants celebrate this legendary Invasion ritual, one that originally began in 1976 when a member of the Cherry Grove community was asked to leave a Pines’ restaurant because he was dressed in drag.