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President Donald Trump’s Fourth of July “Salute To America” has turned into another opportunity for partisan bickering over crowd size. “I don’t know what the final count was, but that went all the way back to the Washington Monument,” the president said this morning. Trump also touted the crowd size in a tweet following the event. In response to the photo Trump tweeted of “Salute to America,” rumors spread on social media that a photo of a larger 2008 concert had been superimposed on the picture, causing Snopes to issue a fact-check to disprove them. New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...

US President Donald Trump has blamed a teleprompter going "kaput" for a glaring anachronism in his Fourth of July speech. He told crowds on Independence Day the Continental Army "took over the airports" from the British during the American Revolutionary War in 1775. Explaining away the slip-up on Friday, Mr Trump also said it was hard to read the teleprompter in the rain. He hosted a military parade at the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday. During his "Salute to America" speech, he was talking about the year 1775 when he said: "Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it...

Salute To America July 4, 2019, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. featuring a speech by President Donald J. Trump

Salute to America – Lincoln Memorial 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. President Donald J. Trump honors America’s armed forces with music, military demonstrations, flyovers and much more. Participants include the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, the U.S. Army Band (“Pershing’s Own”), the Armed Forces Chorus, the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Team, and many others. Gates open at 3 p.m. A Capitol Fourth Concert – West Lawn the U.S. Capitol 8 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Co-sponsored by the National Park Service and the National Symphony Orchestra, join host John Stamos for an all-star salute to America's 243rd birthday...

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Recommended -- This is the annual patriotic July 4th concert. Held on the west lawn of the capitol building. They usually show some of the fireworks toward the end of the concert.

ABC, CBS and NBC will not show Donald Trump's 'Salute to America' on the Fourth of July instead of their nightly newscasts However, the networks will air the Independence Day celebration on their respective online and app streaming platforms Fox News will have a two-hour special on the event and C-SPAN will air it live CNN hasn't commented on its plans for the hour-long event, kicking off on the National Mall at 6.30pm Trump touted his 'Salute to America' as being 'like no other' and plans to give a speech at the Lincoln Memorial as he shows off the US...

"Salute to America – Lincoln Memorial – 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. [Eastern Time] – President Trump leads a celebration of America’s military with music, military demonstrations and flyovers."

President Trump has reportedly taken a personal interest in his administration's plan for July 4 celebrations in Washington D.C., and has notified city officials of plans to potentially alter the yearly celebration with a personal address. The Washington Post reported Friday that plans are in the works for Trump to address the nation from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, while moving the city's traditional fireworks display from the steps of the Capitol Reflecting Pool to nearby West Potomac Park. The administration reportedly contends that moving the fireworks display will allow more visitors to attend the celebrations, on which top...

Donald Trump hosted military families at the White House for his first July 4th as president - but not before he took yet another trip to the golf course. The president, who wished a 'Happy 4th to everyone', earlier on Tuesday, tweeted that he was: 'Getting ready to celebrate the 4th of July with a big crowd at the White House. 'Our country will grow and prosper!' Trump and Melania, wearing a long blue and white dress, later appeared on the Truman Balcony at the White House where the 71-year-old praised the contribution of servicemen and women.

Washington (AFP) – Americans celebrate Independence Day on Tuesday, and to mark the occasion President Donald Trump tweeted a partisan video clip of a church choir singing a song based on his campaign slogan. “Make America great again / Lift the torch of freedom all across the land / Step into the future joining hand in hand / And make America great again,” sings the choir of the First Baptist Church, a megachurch in Dallas, Texas. The 2:15 clip was taken from Saturday’s “Celebrate Freedom Rally” at the Kennedy Center in the US capital. “Your music honors our heroes more...