Trump Remakes D.C.’s July Fourth Celebration to Include Himself
- President plans speech from Lincoln Memorial with flyovers
- Critics say Trump is injecting politics into nonpartisan event
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Donald Trump’s revamped Fourth of July celebration on the National Mall will include a presidential address from the Lincoln Memorial and a military display with plane flyovers and demonstrations by all five branches of the armed services.
The annual fireworks display will also be relocated to a site near the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial, the Interior Department said in a statement on Wednesday. That will allow more people to gather closer to the site of the president’s speech but will create new logistical challenges for the decades-old event that draws thousands of Americans to downtown Washington.