Love this land god bless the u. S. A. The spirit of america continues, as we pay tribute to our nations true superheroes. We salute the brave men and women of our armed services, who are defending our freedoms around the world so that we can celebrate our independence in this great land we call america. We also recognize all of our Health Care Workers and First Responders. Thank you for keeping us all safe. A new day rises to hang thesky tonight little divided do i stay or run away and leave it all behind . Sounds like its toes like these you learn love again you learn like these to live again these youtimes like learn to love again bless america land that i love stand behind her and guide her thru the night with the light from above from the mountains to the prairies God Bless America my Home Sweet HomeGod Bless America home sweet come on America America you sea to shining sea i want to thank you lord to close out tonight show, theu. S. Tonights show, u. S. Army air force band gloryy eyes have seen the lorde coming of the his terrible swift sword on ruth is marching i have seen him in the watch fires of a hundred circling camps they have building him an altar in the evening dews and damps on glory, marching glory, hallelujah glory, glory, hallelujah his truth is marching on the beauty of the lilies, christ was born across the sea with a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me as he died to make men holy, let us live to make men free while god is marching on glory, glory, hallelujah glory, glory, hallelujah glory, glory, hallelujah his truth is marching on his truth is marching on on [cheers and applause] ladies and gentlemen, thank you for attending tonights event. Please remain seated for the departure of the official party. Announcer President Trump will participate in another fourth of july event tomorrow, independence day, in washington dc. We will have live coverage on cspan at 6 45 p. M. Eastern. Here are the president remarked president s remarks tonight from mount rushmore, south dakota. Pres. Trump thank you very much. Very much appreciate it. Members of congress, distinguished guests, and a special hello to south dakota. [cheers and applause] we begin theas fourth of july weekend, the first lady and i wish each and every one of you a happy independence day. Thank you. [cheers and applause] us show our let appreciation to the south dakota army and International Guard and u. S. Air force for inspiring us with that magnificent display of american airpower. [cheers and applause] our gratitude as always to the legendary and talented blue angels. Let us also send our deepest thanks to our wonderful veterans, Law Enforcement, First Responders and doctors, nurses, and scientists working tirelessly to kill the virus. We want to thank theour congressman. Thank you. And all others with us tonight. Thank you for coming. There could be no better place to celebrate americas independence than beneath this magnificent, incredible, majestic mountain, monument to the greatest americans who have ever lived. I am here as your president to proclaim before the country and before the world, this monument will never be desecrated. These heroes will never be defeated. Their legacy will never be destroyed. Their achievements will never be forgotten. Will standore forever as an eternal tribute to our forefathers and freedoms. We are together tonight to herald the most important day in the history of nations, july 4, 1776. At those words, every american heart should swell with pride. Every American Family should cheer with delight, and every American Patriot should be filled with joy, because each of you lives in the most magnificent country in the history of the world, and it will soon be greater than ever before. [applause] our founders launched not only the revolution in government, but a revolution in the pursuit of justice, equality, liberty and prosperity. No nation has done more to advance the human condition than the United States of america, and no people have done more to promote Human Progress than the citizens of our great nation. [applause] it was all made possible by the courage of 56 patriots who gathered in philadelphia over 200 years ago and signed the declaration of independence. They enshrined a divine truth that changed the world forever when they said, all men are created equal. These immortal words set in motion the unstoppable march of freedom. Our founders boldly declared that we are all endowed with the same divine rights that god has given us. We will allow no one to ever take away. Ever. [applause] 1776 represented the culmination of thousands of years of western civilization and the triumph of not only spirit, but wisdom, philosophy, and reason. Yet as we meet here tonight, there is a growing danger that threatens every blessing our ancestors fought so hard for, struggled they bled to secure. Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to erase our values and indoctrinate our children. [crowd booing] angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders, deface our most sacred memorials, and unleash a wave of Violent Crime in our cities. Many of these people have no idea why they are doing this, but some know exactly what they are doing. They think the American People are weak and soft and submissive. But, no, the American People are strong and proud, and they will not allow our country and all of its values, history and culture to be taken from them. [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting, u. S. A. ] one of their political weapons is cancel culture, driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters, and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees. This is the very definition of totalitarianism, and it is completely alien to our culture and to our values. It has absolutely no place in the United States of america. [applause] this attack on our liberty, our magnificent liberty must be stopped, and it will be stopped very quickly. We will expose this dangerous movement, protect our nations children, end this radical assault and preserve our american way of life. In our schools, our newsrooms, even our corporate boardrooms, there is a new farleft fascism that demands absolute allegiance. If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite its mantras and follow its commandments, then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, and punished. Its not going to happen to us. [applause] make no mistake, this leftwing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the american revolution. In so doing, they would destroy the very civilization that rescued billions from poverty, disease, violence and hunger, and that lifted humanity to new highs of achievement, discovery and progress. To make this possible, they are determined to tear down every statue, symbol and memory of our national heritage. [yelling] [cheers and applause] that is very true, actually. That is why i am deploying federal Law Enforcement to arrest the rioters and prosecute offenders to the fullest extent of the law. [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting four more years ] pres. Trump thank you. I am pleased to report that yesterday, federal agents arrested the suspected ringleader of the attack on the statue of the great Andrew Jackson in washington dc. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump and in addition, hundreds more have been arrested. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump under the executive order i signed last week pertaining to the Veterans Memorial preservation and recognition act, and other laws, people who damage or deface federal statues or monuments will get a minimum of 10 years in prison. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump and obviously that includes our beautiful mount rushmore. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump our people have a great memory. They will never forget the destruction of statues and monuments to George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, ulysses s. Grant, abolitionists, and many others. The violent mayhem we have seen in the streets and cities that are run by liberal democrats in every case is the predictable result of years of extreme indoctrination and bias in education, journalism, and other cultural institutions. Against every law of society and nature, our children are taught in school to hate their own country and to believe that the men and women who built it were not heroes, but villains. The radical view of American History is a web of lies. All perspective is removed. Every virtue is obscured. Every motive is twisted. Every fact is distorted. And every flaw is magnified until the history is purged and the record is disfigured beyond all recognition. This movement is openly attacking the legacies of every person on mount rushmore. They defiled the memory of washington, jefferson, lincoln, and roosevelt. Today we will set history and historys record straight. [applause] pres. Trump before these figures were immortalized in stone, they were american giant in full flesh and blood. Gallant men whose intrepid deeds unleashed the greatest leap of human advancement the world has ever known. Tonight i will tell you, and most importantly, the youth of our nation the true stories of these great, great men. From head to toe, George Washington represented the strength, grace, and dignity of the American People. From a small force of citizen farmers, he created the Continental Army out of nothing and rallied them to stand against the most powerful military on earth. Through eight long years, through the brutal winter at valley forge, through setback after setback on the field of battle, he led those patriots to ultimate triumph. When the army had dwindled to a few thousand men at christmas of 1776, when defeat seemed absolutely certain, he took what remained of his forces on a daring nighttime crossing of the delaware river. They marched through nine miles of frigid darkness, many without boots on their feet, leaving a trail of blood in the snow. In the morning, they seized victory at trenton after forcing the surrender of the most powerful empire on the planet at yorktown. General washington did not claim power, but simply returned to mount vernon as a private citizen. When called upon again, he presided over the Constitutional Convention in philadelphia and was unanimously elected our first president. [applause] pres. Trump when he stepped down after two terms, his former adversary, king george, called him the greatest man of the age. He remains first in our hearts to this day. For as long as americans love this land, we will honor and cherish the father of our country, George Washington. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump he will never be removed, published, and abolished, and most of all, he will never be forgotten. [applause] pres. Trump thomas jefferson, the great thomas jefferson, was 33 years old when he traveled north to pennsylvania and brilliantly authored one of the greatest treasures of human history, the declaration of independence. He also drafted virginias constitution and conceived and wrote the virginia statute for religious freedom, a model for our cherished first amendment. After serving as the first secretary of state and then Vice President , he was elected to the presidency. He ordered american warriors to crush barbary pirates. He doubled the size of our nation with the louisiana purchase. And he sent the famous explorers lewis and clark into the west on a daring expedition to the pacific ocean. He was an architect, an inventor, a diplomat, a scholar, a founder of one of the worlds great universities, and an ardent defender of liberty. Americans will forever admire the author of American Freedom, thomas jefferson. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump and he too will never, ever, be abandoned by us. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump Abraham Lincoln, the savior of our union, was a selftaught country lawyer who grew up in a log cabin on the american frontier. The first republican president , he rose to high office from obscurity based on a force and clarity of his antislavery convictions. Very very strong convictions. He signed the law that built the transcontinental railroad. He signed the homestead act, given to some incredible scholars as simply defined what ordinary Citizens Free land to settle anywhere in the american west. And he led the country through the darkest hours of American History, giving every ounce of strength that he had to ensure that government of the people, by the people, and for the people did not perish from this earth. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump he served as commanderinchief of the u. S. Armed forces during our bloodiest war. The struggle that saved our union and extinguished the evil of slavery. Over 600,000 died in that war. More than 20,000 were killed or wounded in a single day at antietam. At gettysburg, 157 years ago, the union bravely withstood an assault of nearly 15,000 men and threw back pickets charge. Lincoln won the civil war and issued the emancipation proclamation. He led the passage of the 13th amendment abolishing slavery for all time. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump and ultimately, his determination to preserve our nation and our union cost him his life. For as long as we live, americans will uphold and revere the immortal memory of president Abraham Lincoln. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump Theodore Roosevelt exemplified the unbridled confidence of our National Culture and identity. He saw the towering grandeur of Americas Mission in the world and pursued it with Overwhelming Energy and zeal. As a Lieutenant Colonel in the spanishamerican war, he led the famous rough riders to defeat the enemy at san juan hill. He cleaned up corruption as Police Commissioner of new york city, then served as the governor of new york, Vice President , and at 42 years old, became the youngest ever president of the United States. [applause] pres. Trump he sent our great new naval fleet around the globe to announce americas arrival as a world power. He gave us many of our national parks, including the grand canyon. He oversaw the construction of the aweinspiring panama canal. He is the only person ever awarded both the Nobel Peace Prize and the congressional medal of honor. He was American Freedom personified in full. The American People will never relinquish the bold, beautiful, and untamed spirit of Theodore Roosevelt. [applause] pres. Trump no movement that seeks to dismantle these treasured American Legacies could possibly have a love of america at its heart. Cant happen. No person who remains quiet at the destruction of this resplendent heritage can possibly lead us to a better future. The radical ideology attacking our country advances under the banner of social justice. But in truth, it would demolish both justice and society. It would transform justice into an instrument of division and vengeance, and it would turn our free and Inclusive Society into a place of repression, domination, and exclusion. They want to silence us, but we will not be silenced. [cheers and applause] [chanting u. S. A. ] we love you pres. Trump thank you very much. Build the wall pres. Trump we will state the truth in full without apology. We declare that the United States of america is the most just and exceptional nation ever to exist on earth. We are proud of the fact that our country was founded on judeochristian principles. We understand that these values dramatically advanced the cause of peace and justice throughout the world. We know that the American Family is the bedrock of american life. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump we recognize the solemn right and moral duty of every nation to secure its borders. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump and we are building the wall. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump we remember that governments exist to protect the safety and happiness of their own people. A nation must care for its own citizens first. We must take care of america first. Its time. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump we believe in equal opportunity, equal justice, and equal treatment for citizens of every race, background, religion and creed. Every child of every color, born and unborn, is made in the holy image of god. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump we want free and open debate, not speech codes and cancel culture. We embrace tolerance and not prejudice. We support the courageous men and women of Law Enforcement. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump we will never abolish our police or our great second amendment, which gives us the right to keep and bear arms. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump we believe that our children should be taught to love their country, honor their history, and respect our Great American flag. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump we stand tall. We stand proud. And we only kneel to almighty god. [cheers and applause] pres. Trump thi