President Trump called on Americans to 'stay true to our cause' in a 'Salute to America' program that adhered to patriotic themes and hailed an eclectic mix of history's heroes.
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, CALVIN WOODWARD and LYNN BERRYPresident Donald Trump speaks during an Independence Day celebration in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Washington.
By adding his own, one-hour production to capital festivities that typically draw hundreds of thousands anyway, Trump became the first president in nearly seven decades to address a crowd at the National Mall on Independence Day. Many who filed into the sprawling VIP section said they got their free tickets from members of Congress or from friends or neighbors who couldn’t use theirs. Outside that zone, a diverse mix of visitors, locals, veterans, tour groups, immigrant families and more milled about, some drawn by Trump, some by curiosity, some by the holiday’s regular activities along the Mall.
The balloon remained tied down at the Mall because park officials restricted the group’s permission to move it or fill it with helium, Benjamin said. “Even though everybody has different opinions,” said Kevin Malton, a Trump supporter from Middlesboro, Kentucky, “everybody’s getting along.” Trump had sounded a defensive note Wednesday, tweeting that the cost “will be very little compared to what it is worth.”
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