Tag: US Fourth of July Parade

• Friday, July 5th 2019 - 13:39 UTC

  Trump pays tribute to the Armed Forces with a speech from the Lincoln Memorial

  

  With tanks on display and jets flying overhead, President Donald Trump praised the military and urged young people to join the armed forces on Thursday in a celebration of Independence Day that critics said the president had politicized.

• Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 10:11 UTC

  Trump's Fourth of July parade with tanks and fighter planes turns controversial

  

  United States military armored vehicles stood near Washington's majestic Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pushed ahead with an elaborate Fourth of July production with him at the centre, as critics accused him of hijacking a non-partisan celebration of America's Independence Day.