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Preparations for President Trump’s Fourth of July event

Workers arrive at the Lincoln Memorial on the eve of Thursday's Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C. President Trump will deliver a speech at the memorial with military hardware on display, including tanks, and flyovers by military aircraft.

Workers arrive at the Lincoln Memorial on the eve of Thursday’s Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C. President Trump will deliver a speech at the memorial with military hardware on display, including tanks, and flyovers by military aircraft.

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Two Bradley fighting vehicles and two 60-ton Abrams tanks were part of the military hardware being put on display for the celebration.

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Workers install red, white and blue bunting in front of Lincoln Memorial ahead of Thursday’s Fourth of July celebration.

  (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)

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A member of the Code Pink activist group holding a sign opposing the military display planned for the Fourth of July celebration in Washington on Thursday poses in front of a Bradley fighting vehicle.

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U.S. soldiers prepare a Bradley fighting vehicle for display in front of the Lincoln Memorial in preparation for Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C.

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A worker cleans a partition around the stage in front of the Lincoln Memorial where President Trump will speak during the Fourth of July celebration.

  (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)

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A Bradley fighting vehicle towed in on a trailer near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.

  (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press)

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