Trump Moving Forward With Revamped July 4th Celebration in D.C. [View all]
President Donald Trump is going full steam ahead on a plan to revamp the traditional Fourth of July celebration in Washington into a more partisan, Trump-focused event.
On Feb. 24 Trump tweeted a “HOLD THE DATE!” that teased an event at the Lincoln Memorial “and an address by your favorite President, me!”
Washington has for generations staged a non-partisan July 4 fireworks display and concert that’s nationally broadcast on PBS. “A Capitol Fourth” is held on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, about two miles from Trump’s proposed gathering place at the Lincoln Memorial. The city also hosts an Independence Day parade through downtown early in the day, and various other events.
The suggestion to “hold the date” was ridiculed at the time, and some worried about having an Independence Day celebration focused on Trump, rather than on the nation. Imagery of the president speaking in front of the white marble monument, complete with fireworks, would also be 2020 campaign footage gold.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-11/trump-moving-forward-with-revamped-july-4th-celebration-in-d-c?srnd=politics-vp
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