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Saturday, July 04, 2026
ANNALS OF TRUMPI$TAN: Heat causes cancellation of Independence Day Parade and other disruptions. (Liam Scott & Joe Heim, WaPo, July 4, 2026)
Did DONALD JOHN TRUMP got whistle-bit by climate change, global warming and epic bad planning? No misters, no cooling stations, no class? You tell me.
From The Washington Post:
Heat causes cancellation of Independence Day Parade and other disruptions
Temperatures over the July Fourth weekend marking America’s 250th anniversary are expected to exceed 100 degrees.
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The Great American State Fair was forced to close temporarily on Friday during extreme heat. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
A blistering heat wave gripping Washington forced the cancellation of the Independence Day Parade on July Fourth, the latest disruption of celebrations in the region after the Great American State Fair closed temporarily a day earlier due to extreme heat.
Organizers announced that D.C.’s Independence Day Parade, which was set to start 10:30 a.m. Saturday, was canceled due to the hot conditions. “This decision was made after extensive and careful consideration of the safety of our participants, spectators, and staff as the top priority,” an email from parade organizers late Friday read.
Freedom 250 announced the Great American State Fair on the National Mall would open on Saturday at noon instead of 10 a.m. after closing temporarily on Friday due to the heat.
Extreme weather forced cancellations in other areas including Virginia and Maryland. Philadelphia’s Salute to Independence Parade was canceled due to extreme heat, organizers said, while in New York, organizers of Sail 4th 250, a parade of tall ships, said a viewing from a premier access area on Governors Island had been canceled after a flash storm.
D.C. fire personnel escort a heat casualty through mist outside the fair Friday. (Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
The D.C. fire department told The Washington Post that it had treated people at the fair for heat-related illnesses on Friday. Independence Day weekend is typically busy for the department, and this weekend is no different, the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said that in the hours before the fair closed Friday afternoon, the department responded to 44 patients at the event, 11 of whom were transported to hospitals “due to various illnesses or injury.” The spokesperson said they did not know how many of the incidents were related to the heat. Other health care providers are on the Mall, too, they added.
“It is going to be a very busy weekend. We know that there are going to be heat-related illnesses on and off the Mall, and we encourage our residents and visitors to take precautions if you’re going to be out in the heat,” the spokesperson said.
Despite the scorching heat, the annual Capitol Fourth Concerttook place on Friday evening. Ahead of the event, U.S. Capitol Police urged people with at risk of heat-related health issues to exercise caution.
People wait in line while using fans to cool off at the fair Friday. (Matt McClain/For The Washington Post)
Temperatures on Saturday are expected to exceed 100 degrees, and officials have issued extreme-heat advisories.
The decision to proceed with Friday’s event came after Capitol Police banned the public from attending the concert’s Thursday-evening rehearsal due to the heat.
Visitors cool off in mist from a fire truck. (Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
The concert is usually held on Independence Day, but it was moved to July 3 because of the Freedom 250 fireworks and programming scheduled for the National Mall on the Fourth.
Other holiday events in the Washington area have been called off entirely.
In addition to D.C., Independence Day parades have been canceled in Leesburg, Virginia, as well as in Laurel and Takoma Park, Maryland, due to heat.
“In this heat, parading is particularly risky,” Tara Egan, president of the Takoma Park Independence Day Committee, wrote in a Thursday email to event participants and volunteers, which The Post reviewed.
“We feel that it would not be safe, or responsible, to ask our community to march or to gather in this heat,” Egan added.
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