Here’s what we know about President Trump’s Fourth of July celebration
Awww. Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Ever since Donald Trump attended France’s Bastille Day parade in July of 2017, he’s wanted to top it with a military parade of his own. Those plans were scrapped last summer when it became clear that a parade would cost nearly $100 million and destroy the streets of Washington, D.C.
What’s on the agenda? Trump will give a speech at 6:30 P.M. The fireworks will go off just after 9 P.M. And at some point, there will be military flyovers. Among the jets that will buzz the National Mall are Air Force One and the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. Is there any precedent for this? Not really. Presidents typically stay away from July 4 celebrations, with the last one to link himself to the festitivists coming in 1970, USA Today reports. That year, Richard Nixon held an “Honor America Day,” which was besieged by Vietnam war protesters, some of whom held a marijuana smoke-in.
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