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The annual National Independence Day Parade has been canceled this year due to logistics and planning limitations, according to the National Park Service.
“The marching units that travel from across the country to participate in the parade have not had the necessary 8 to 18 months to organize, rehearse and fundraise before making the trip, and most are still unable to travel due to COVID-19 concerns,” the agency said in a statement on Thursday.
The celebration of America’s birthday each year on July 4 typically draws hundreds of thousands of people to the National Mall in D.C. for a parade of bands, floats and military service members.
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Though many coronavirus-related restrictions across the country have loosened, the National Park Service announced on Thursday that the annual Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C. will not take place this year. Logistics and planning limitations related to COVID-19 made it impossible to fully organize the groups who travel to the nation s capital to march in the event, according to the service. We are unable to stage a successful event without the excitement and sound provided by these high school bands, drill teams and other youth organizations, spokesperson Mike Litterst said in the statement.
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There Will Be No July 4th Parade on the Mall This Year
Marching bands don t have enough time to prepare for the National Independence Day Parade, NPS says.
A float in the 2019 parade. Photograph by Andrew Beaujon.
The National Independence Day Parade has been canceled, the National Park Service announced Thursday. High school bands and youth organizations “have not had the necessary 8 to 18 months to organize, rehearse and fundraise before making the trip, and most are still unable to travel due to COVID-19 concerns,” NPS says.
Last year’s parade was also canceled due to the pandemic. The Park Service says it plans to bring the parade back in 2022.
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I was invited by NTN to participate in ‘A Panel Discussion on Independence’ with Rick Wayne and Peter Josie.
I don’t know why anyone would think I would not have accepted, but I did – and readily so.
Why?
First, it would have allowed me to say a few things about Independence that aren’t that well known but are documented parts of our history, in some cases understandably, in others simply because we naturally tend to brush aside uncomfortable aspects of our lives or parts of our history that we simply wish to forever forget.