>>Are you thinking that there is NO reason for a Marine Band?
I’m thinking costs imposed upon all taxpayers so the DC vanguard elite can enjoy “free” events are increasingly irritating - and that selling tickets would be a perfectly reasonable and equitable act of American commerce.
Definitely. Since there is a ticketing process there is a hidden cost too.
This is all so minor compared to the money we are giving foreign countries...not even friendly ones...it is just another smokescreen.