President Donald Trump said in a Sunday Truth Social post that he had "overturned" a decision to cancel festivities in Washington D.C.on Saturday due to weather."The Crowd at 7:05 in the evening was 422,000 people! All were forced to leave because of the weather, the event was cancelled, and everyone was gone because of lightning.
When I heard that it was cancelled, I immediately overturned that decision, and waited a while for people to come back.Incredibly, at least 150,000 people returned, and it was an even more spectacular evening than it would have been as normalized! It showed work under pressure," Trump declared in the post."Congratulations to the Secret Service and Law Enforcement on being able to get so many people back into the Arena in such rapid fashion! It was an amazing evening made even more spectacular by the fact that, immediately after the Great Fireworks ended, the rains came down, full blast!" he added.TOP HIGHLIGHTS FROM TRUMP'S LATE NIGHT JULY 4 ADDRESS: 'NO DREAM IN HISTORY IS BIGGER'President Donald Trump during the "Salute to America" event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, July 4, 2026 (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)People flocked to attend Independence Day festivities in D.C.
as Americans around the nation celebrated the country's 250th anniversary, but attendees were asked to evacuate and take shelter on Saturday evening."Due to approaching severe storms, Freedom 250, United States Secret Service, United States Park Police, National Park Service, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and all public safety partners are asking all guests to evacuate event grounds and seek temporary shelter in a nearby building," Freedom 250 spokesperson Danielle Alvarez noted in part of a Saturday evening statement.TRUMP SHARES NEWS OF 'CRYSTAL CLEAR' REFLECTING POOL, CALLS FOR VANDALISM SUSPECT'S ARRESTFireworks from the Freedom 250 Salute to America Independence Day celebration go off after delays due to a thunder...