- President Donald Trump has promised the biggest air and fireworks show in US history on the Fourth of July as Washington, D.C. gets ready for a massive celebration of America called “Salute to America.”
- “The Fourth of July Airshow, over Washington, D.C., our great capital, will be the biggest, by far, in the history of the United States of America,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Friday.
- He continued, “Hundreds of planes, of different types, sizes, and speeds, will be on display. It goes from 1:15 P.M. in the afternoon, until 11:30 in the evening. I will be speaking at approximately 9 P.M., preceding the Fireworks which again, like the airshow, will be approximately ten times larger than any fireworks in the history of our country. So, if you like airplanes and fireworks and President Trump, be there!”
- The fireworks show is expected to last about 40 minutes, organizers said on the event website, with 850,000 fireworks shells launched from 10 sites: Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, 8 Potomac River barges, and West Potomac Park.
- They described the Fourth of July event, which will be live-streamed, as the capstone of America’s 250th anniversary after Trump launched the Great American State Fair this week and hosted UFC Freedom 250 on the White House lawn.
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