Trump's Online Town Hall Will Close The Lincoln Memorial And Surrounding Area On Sunday [View all]

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MAY 2, 2:19 PM

Trump’s Online Town Hall Will Close The Lincoln Memorial And Surrounding Area On Sunday

Elliot C. Williams

Fox News will stage a two-hour online town hall with President Donald Trump at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday. ... The event is supposed to be held in accordance with social distancing guidelines, meaning there will be no public access. But it will still shut down the Lincoln Memorial and the surrounding grounds beginning early in the morning. Arlington Memorial Bridge and other major thoroughfares in the vicinity will start shutting down at noon.

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A White House aide told Axios that the president is feeling cooped up in the White House and wants to give America an image of what reopening looks like. “He’s eager to get out of the building,” the aide said. “The weather’s getting to be nicer.” (Temperatures have reached the 70s this weekend, though there are chances of scattered thunderstorms on Sunday).

It’s not Trump’s first time staging a major event from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He upended years of Independence Day tradition by hosting a military celebration on July 4 last year, and he has said the event will continue this year, despite concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

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Here are the full road and parking closures announced by the National Park Service:

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