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News of Glenna Goodacre's death was posted to Instagram by Harry Connick Jr., who is married to her daughter, Jill Connick.
He is the first president to address the annual rally against abortion rights in person, according to the event's organizers.
The National Park Service backed down from its plan to severely limit protests near the White House and National Mall after a wave of bipartisan outrage.
But the "nonpolitical" National Mall event’s tepid turnout is likely to trigger fresh anger from the criticism-sensitive Trump.
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“Our nation is stronger today than it ever was before,” the president declared as military aircraft flew overhead.
What had been a nonpolitical, nonpartisan celebration on the National Mall will now likely be a multimillion-dollar, taxpayer-financed political rally, critics worry.
The president has long been fascinated by displays of military might.
The Monument Quilt features thousands of stories of gender-based violence and will be featured on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this weekend.
Independence Day festivities in the nation's capital will now likely include a Trump speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, reports The Washington Post.
"Deluded DC area man believes he invented 4th of July celebration," one Twitter user wrote.