{"id":525658,"date":"2026-07-05T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T01:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/525658\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T01:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T01:00:09","slug":"evacuation-ordered-as-storms-gather-in-washington-before-trumps-july-4-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/525658\/","title":{"rendered":"Evacuation ordered as storms gather in Washington before Trump\u2019s July 4 speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">An evacuation was ordered on Saturday evening at the National Mall as storms gathered around Washington just hours before US President Donald Trump was scheduled to deliver a speech commemorating America\u2019s 250th anniversary of independence.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Those on the Mall were encouraged to go to federal buildings nearby or Smithsonian museums.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cFreedom 250 will share updates on programming and doors reopening,\u201d Freedom 250 spokeswoman Danielle Alvarez said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Plans for fireworks were still moving forward in other cities including Chicago and New York, where tall ships passed the Statue of Liberty earlier in the day, recalling the fanfare around America\u2019s 200th anniversary in 1976.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Anticipation for the milestone holiday has been building for much of the year, serving as an opportunity for Americans to reflect on their complicated history as one-time colonists of an empire who became a superpower of their own.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Air Force One takes part in a flyover at a Salute to America Independence Day event at the National Mall in Washington on Saturday. Photo: AP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f139043c-298f-451c-a166-12eb4abd869c_1126e908.jpg\" title=\"Air Force One takes part in a flyover at a Salute to America Independence Day event at the National Mall in Washington on Saturday. Photo: AP\"\/>Air Force One takes part in a flyover at a Salute to America Independence Day event at the National Mall in Washington on Saturday. Photo: AP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Organisers of celebrations months in the making had to adjust or cancel activities entirely as much of the East Coast sweltered under heat that approached and in many cases surpassed triple digits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An evacuation was ordered on Saturday evening at the National Mall as storms gathered around Washington just hours&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3760,240272,54,11597,42,226545,43,240271,40,38,41,39,97725,730],"class_list":["post-525658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-america","tag-danielle-alvarez","tag-donald-trump","tag-freedom","tag-headlines","tag-national-mall","tag-news","tag-smithsonian-museums","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-us-president","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}