Trump Reopens D.C. July 4 Event, Drawing 150,000 Back After 422,000 Evacuated
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 6
Trump Reopens D.C. July 4 Event, Drawing 150,000 Back After 422,000 Evacuated
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 6
Summary
150,000 people returned to Washington's National Mall after Trump said he reversed a weather-driven cancellation of the July 4 Freedom 250 celebration.
422,000 attendees had been told to evacuate around 7:05 p.m. because of lightning and severe storms, with organizers and federal security agencies directing crowds to nearby shelter.
9:45 p.m. was the announced reopening time for the Mall, after which Trump delivered a late-night speech and fireworks began around midnight.
Trump on Sunday praised Secret Service, law enforcement, Freedom 250 and pyrotechnics contractor Pyrotecnico, casting the delayed show as a successful centerpiece of the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations.