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President Donald Trump is set to deliver a historic speech on the National Mall featuring stories of American heroes before a massive fireworks display.
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July 4th live updates as weather woes impact celebrations and National Mall evacuated CBS NewsLive updates: America celebrates its 250th birthday CNNSevere weather prompts evacuation alert at National Mall July 4 celebrations WUSA9America's 250th: July Fourth events unfold amid dangerous heat wave NBC News
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US marks 250th independence anniversary as heatwave disrupts celebrations - follow live BBCLive updates: America celebrates it's 250th birthday CNNCANCELED | America's Independence Day parade called off over extreme heat WUSA9Fireworks, heat, hot dogs and politics: America celebrates its 250th birthday AP NewsHell Arrives in Washington The Atlantic
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The Philadelphia Boys Choir delivered "America the Beautiful" with spoken word poetry, pyrotechnics and a Navy flyover at Lincoln Financial Field.
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When the United States bought Alaska from Russia in 1867, it took ownership of the Pribilof islands, home to the Russian-American Company's commercial fur-seal enterprise — and to the Unangax^ people who were forced to harvest the seals as "wards of the state." Indigenous residents continued to live under government supervision until 1983, when Congress finally transferred local control of the Pribilof Islands to the Unangax^
people themselves. From Theo Greenly of Alaska Public
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