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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts) Mon Jul 1, 2019, 09:21 AM Jul 2019

Dan Rather tweet; "I prefer the Boston Pops, hot dogs, and Uncle Sams on stilts."

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Dan Rather ✔ @DanRather

It seems Pres. Trump wants a militarized Fourth of July celebration more similar to the kinds of events overseen by dictators like his buddy Kim Jong-un. I prefer the Boston Pops, hot dogs, and Uncle Sams on stilts.

9:15 AM - Jul 1, 2019

I still remember Reagan disinviting the Beach Boys (!) from playing in the Mall on July 4th in the early 80's.

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Dan Rather tweet; "I prefer the Boston Pops, hot dogs, and Uncle Sams on stilts." (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jul 2019 OP

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You remember wrong... brooklynite Jul 2019 #2

Oh well... can't win em all! Dennis Donovan Jul 2019 #3

Oh, yes...Jim Watt...he'd feel right at home in Trump's regime... First Speaker Jul 2019 #11

And he has a private VIP area. TNNurse Jul 2019 #4

Too bad we no longer Scarsdale Jul 2019 #5

Yay, Dan Rather!! marieo1 Jul 2019 #8

Trump sings National Anthem. yuiyoshida Jul 2019 #9

I love that video! LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jul 2019 #15

Its probably right on the yuiyoshida Jul 2019 #17

He just wants his damn parade Poiuyt Jul 2019 #10

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Maybe we can bring back Up With People and the King Family Singers Danmel Jul 2019 #13

This is disgusting roscoeroscoe Jul 2019 #14

Boston Pops & Stars and Stripes were awesome on 7/4/1976 Democrats_win Jul 2019 #16

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brooklynite

(94,501 posts)

2. You remember wrong...

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 09:25 AM

Jul 2019

It was the self-serving Secretary of the Interior, who looked like an idiot when it turned out that Nancy Reagan was a big Beach Boys fan.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

3. Oh well... can't win em all!

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 09:33 AM

Jul 2019

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

11. Oh, yes...Jim Watt...he'd feel right at home in Trump's regime...

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 11:16 AM

Jul 2019

...however--to Reagan's credit--some of his appointments, like George Schultz, would not...

TNNurse

(6,926 posts)

4. And he has a private VIP area.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 09:46 AM

Jul 2019

No very un-American. On the damn 4th of July.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)

5. Too bad we no longer

Reply to TNNurse (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 09:53 AM

Jul 2019

have "leaders" who would put a stop to this insane pandering to himself. He keeps doing more and more things that should never be allowed. No other president was this egotistical. No wonder he thinks he is untouchable. The wimps in the gop see no wrong in anything he does. He is starting to make Kim look like the adult on the world stage.

marieo1

(1,402 posts)

8. Yay, Dan Rather!!

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 10:19 AM

Jul 2019

Right on, Dan Rather - we all would!!

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)

9. Trump sings National Anthem.

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Mon Jul 1, 2019, 10:41 AM

Jul 2019

LastLiberal in PalmSprings

(12,582 posts)

15. I love that video!

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Mon Jul 1, 2019, 12:21 PM

Jul 2019

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)

17. Its probably right on the

Reply to LastLiberal in PalmSprings (Reply #15)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 12:51 PM

Jul 2019

mark!

Poiuyt

(18,122 posts)

10. He just wants his damn parade

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Mon Jul 1, 2019, 10:54 AM

Jul 2019

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Danmel

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13. Maybe we can bring back Up With People and the King Family Singers

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Mon Jul 1, 2019, 11:47 AM

Jul 2019

Seems evocative of the America they want.

roscoeroscoe

(1,369 posts)

14. This is disgusting

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 12:02 PM

Jul 2019

What a disgrace. Rain, lightning, heat! Bring it!

Democrats_win

(6,539 posts)

16. Boston Pops & Stars and Stripes were awesome on 7/4/1976

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 12:21 PM

Jul 2019

According to the obituary for the conductor, Arthur Fiedler:

400,000 at Bicentennial Concert

If one event could be said to sum up the grandfatherly, white-haired conductor's extraordinary popular appeal, it may have been the Bicentennial concert that he led on the Fourth of July in 1976, on Boston's Esplanade. An estimated 400,000 cheering Fiedler admirers crammed themselves into the outdoor area for a free program of patriotic tunes, in what was probably the largest gathering for a musical event in the nation's history.
http://movies2.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1217.html

They still repeat this experience in Boston and sometimes on CBS but nothing compares with that night. With all the hoopla surrounding the nation's bicentennial celebration, it was the Boston Pops who were a wonderful icing on the cake.

I couldn't find it on youtube, although they do have the 1812 Overture from that night. The comments below the video are great.

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