The Lincoln Memorial was closed to the public today. in order to allow it to be made secure for Donald Trump's speech to the nation. The revered site will remain shuttered until Friday, July 5.
It's expected that Mr. Trump will speak for 20 minutes, dividing his talk into four five-minute units, each devoted to a specific branch of our military. Then we can anticipate fly-overs by the Blue Angels, and perhaps the same from Air Force One, before the traditional fireworks display.
Sounds like your usual 4th of July celebration? Not really. Behemoths like Bradley armored vehicles , in my opinion more appropriate to science fiction than to the reality of a democracy, will be placed on the National Mall. The nearly 30 tons each of them carries can certainly be expected to wreak havoc with the streets and even the general environment of DC. Which of course would add to the estimated cost of tomorrow's burlesque - about $2.5 million.
Which cost will be covered in part by re-purposing funds intended for maintenance of and improvements to National Parks.
So Mr. Trump gets his extravaganza, and Smokey the Bear gets shafted.
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