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What to know about the July 4th celebration in Washington
ap ^ | 7/3/2019 | ap

Posted on 07/03/2019 6:36:59 PM PDT by mdittmar

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s “Salute to America” is making some radical changes to the Fourth of July festivities that Washingtonians — and tourists from all around the nation and the world — have come to expect.

HOW IS JULY FOURTH TYPICALLY CELEBRATED IN WASHINGTON?

Every year, marching bands, drill teams, military units, floats and giant balloons participate in a mile-long parade that stretches along Constitution Avenue. The event starts at 11:45 a.m. EDT and takes about two hours. Another tradition is the free concert on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol that begins at 8 p.m. Then there’s the fireworks display on the National Mall that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. The fireworks begin at 9:07 p.m., weather permitting.

WHAT’S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR?

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fireworks; fourthofjuly; gucci; independenceday; july4; phantomfireworks
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To: Repeal The 17th

Why has the 25mm. Bushmaster been removed?


21 posted on 07/03/2019 7:44:30 PM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
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To: funfan

So Am I....I’m really excited to hear our President’s Salute to America. I understand it’s going to be a good speech of our country....... He loves and respects this country, it’s people and military!


22 posted on 07/03/2019 7:45:24 PM PDT by caww
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To: BenLurkin

“some are concerned”

that means the article writer and his hate-trump buddies ...


23 posted on 07/03/2019 8:01:17 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: frogjerk
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24 posted on 07/03/2019 8:14:59 PM PDT by pke
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“C-Span and Fox”
and Right Side Broadcasting Network


25 posted on 07/03/2019 8:15:27 PM PDT by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: max americana

LOL. YEAH!


26 posted on 07/03/2019 8:19:54 PM PDT by texas_mrs (Every day a new example of liberal hypocrisy is revealed.)
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To: fhayek

I’m kinda hoping for an Aurora fly by, maybe a formation
with a load of drones.

Peace through strength, as a famous President once said.

The antifa and disruptors will be trying to start a
reaction, don’t give it to them!

Have a safe and joyous 4th.
Celebrate America and our 45th President!


27 posted on 07/03/2019 8:25:13 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: 4integrity


28 posted on 07/03/2019 9:02:43 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them - Montesquieu 1689-1775)
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To: mdittmar

When will President Trump give his speech?


29 posted on 07/03/2019 9:30:34 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: bk1000

If we could get the world to know these “liberals” as what they really are — ILliberals — we would score a great truth coup.


30 posted on 07/03/2019 10:54:35 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (May Jesus Christ be praised.)
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To: Chainmail

I remember well. Live in Vienna VA at the time.

Liberals are frothing at the mouth on FB referring to that M-2 shown above as a ‘tank’.


31 posted on 07/03/2019 11:42:27 PM PDT by vmpolesov
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To: piasa
Ha, biggest fireworks event ever in DC... maybe Trump got his hands on Hillary’s cancelled election night fireworks.

ROFL. That is a classic post here.

32 posted on 07/04/2019 1:37:57 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: mdittmar

“All this for a flag?”


33 posted on 07/04/2019 2:17:47 AM PDT by FLvoter
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To: jonrick46
When will President Trump give his speech?

Between 6:30 and 7:30 ET.

34 posted on 07/04/2019 4:58:21 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Chainmail

What? You expect people to remember the history they lived through? People are just too busy with bread, circuses, and TV to bother with such disturbing memories, besides the people who write for the NYT are really knowledgeable and would not misreport or omit something like that unless it were just a myth. So it never happened, see?


35 posted on 07/04/2019 5:37:29 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Repeal The 17th

I keep reading about tanks but as of yet haven’t seen a picture of a single one.


36 posted on 07/04/2019 7:28:56 AM PDT by opbuzz (Right way, wrong way, Marine way)
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To: mdittmar; All

Lots of great music planned, but the MUST SEE entertainer is a young violinist/ singer/ dancer named Lindsey Stirling.

Here’s a preview:

https://youtu.be/RrutzRWXkKs

https://youtu.be/4rR8jc6EPQM

https://youtu.be/jvipPYFebWc

https://youtu.be/JGCsyshUU-A

https://youtu.be/aHjpOzsQ9YI


37 posted on 07/04/2019 8:19:50 AM PDT by mumblypeg
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To: Chainmail

If the military is so odious, what do leftists think will keep them free? Diversity? Because their archenemy Putin doesn’t get scared off by diversity.


38 posted on 07/04/2019 8:25:02 AM PDT by Yaelle
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