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tanks on rail cars waiting for a parade in washington, dc

Tanks roll through Washington in biggest July 4 display of military pageantry since 1850

Culture

Troops, tanks and a flypast will give a military flavor to this year’s Independence Day celebration in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump is re-branding the day as a “Salute to America.” The shift is controversial but not unprecedented.

U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, and his wife Brigitte Macron tour Napoleon Bonaparte’s Tomb at Les Invalides in Paris, France, July 13, 2017.

Trump’s trip to Paris is filled with pomp and circumstance

Global Politics