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Trump Plans Huge July 4 Fireworks Show Despite DC's Concerns

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's July Fourth celebration on the
   National Mall will feature one of the largest fireworks displays ever
   and as many as 300,000 face masks will be given away to those who want
   them -- but despite health concerns from D.C.'s mayor, no one
   apparently will be required to wear them.

   Trump made no mention of the masks or of the pandemic overall in a
   tweet Wednesday on his Independence Day pIans. He thanked corporate
   donors for supporting "what will, without question, be a special
   evening."

   Interior Secretary David Bernhardt outlined a second year of
   military-focused events in the nation's capital on July Fourth,
   including Defense Department flyovers for a "one-of-a-kind air show."

   "President Trump's 2020 Salute to America will be a patriotic tribute
   to our men and women in uniform," Bernhardt said in a statement.