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(4 Jul 2019) In a sweltering capital threatened by storms, the traditional Fourth of July parade Thursday served as a warm-up act to a distinctly nontraditional evening event at the Lincoln Memorial, where President Donald Trump planned to command the stage against the backdrop of a show of military muscle.
Protesters unimpressed by his "Salute to America" program inflated a roly-poly balloon depicting Trump as an angry, diaper-clad baby.
"I don't think the Fourth of July should be politicized like it has been this year because it's a national holiday, and it's just celebrating American Independence, not one political party over the other," said Britton Schams, a 22-year-old Rockville, Maryland resident who came to the Mall to protest.
By adding his own, one-hour production to festivities that typically draw hundreds of thousands anyway, Trump set himself up to be the first president in nearly seven decades to address a crowd at the National Mall on Independence Day
"I think it's not what the Fourth of July is about," said Logan Brenan, another local protester.
"I think the 4th of July celebrates like the birth of a country, founded on certain principles, and the uniting force behind know independence was those principles."
But Trump supporters disagreed.
"I truly believe that this president and those that back him are saving this country, said Tonya James, who came from Indiana to Washington with her father.
"I do believe that we are on a downward spiral, and I don't like the way things have been going," she said.
"I think this is a great event, said her father, Patrick.
"I don't care whether Trump is doing it, the Democrats are doing it, it's a great honor for us people to get together, and celebrate our country," he said.

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