WATCH: @POTUS displays one of the very first American flags ever made during his Independence Day speech on the National Mall.
"These were the Stars and Stripes that flew triumphant when the British waved the white flag of surrender at Yorktown... Ever since, the entire world has been on notice that Americans will never let anyone take our Freedom away." 🇺🇸
Trump: We are honored to have here tonight and the heart of our nation's capitol, one of the very first American flags ever to exist. These were the stars & stripes that flew triumphant when the British waved the white flag of surrender at Yorktown. That was a big surrender. Nobody thought that was possible.
10 years, 3,000 interviews — and counting. One man is on a mission to preserve the legacy of every single World War II combat veteran. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road in Yorktown, New York.
🚨 NOW: President Trump infuriates the left by confirming another historical statue has been cleaned and waxed in Washington DC
Democrats HATE NICE THINGS!
“The statue of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben in Lafayette Park was cleaned and waxed by the National Park Service. Dedicated in 1910 in a ceremony attended by President William Howard Taft, the 10-foot-tall bronze statue atop a 15-foot granite pedestal depicts von Steuben inspecting American troops at Valley Forge in 1778 during the American Revolution.
Drawing on his experience as a Prussian army officer and former aide-de-camp to Frederick the Great, von Steuben brought discipline, organization, and professionalism to the Continental Army. His 1779 training manual, known as the "Blue Book," became the Army's first standardized training manual. Later in the war, he contributed to the Southern Campaign and commanded one of George Washington's divisions during the Siege of Yorktown.”