On July 4, local time, the United States ushered in Independence Day 2020 in the face of a rising new coronary pneumonia epidemic.
Compared with the liveliness and crowding of previous years, the crowd who went to the capital Washington to attend the Independence Day celebration on July 4 "shrinked" significantly, and the National Mall was cold.
In order to prevent mass infections from causing crowded infections, the traditional projects of Washington Independence Day celebrations – Constitution Avenue Boulevard Parade and Congress Lawn Concert were cancelled, leaving only fireworks displays as usual. Washington Mayor Bowser reminded the public to carefully consider travel and encourage watching live broadcasts at home.
Compared with the sparse crowd waiting on the National Mall, the parade protesting on the streets of Washington is even more tidy. On the same day, small-scale demonstrations of anti-racial discrimination occurred in the White House and Capitol Hill. This protest, triggered by the death of African-American man George Freud, has recently set off a campaign to clear historical statues and commemorative signs involving racism.
On the same day, a firework show celebrating American Independence Day was held at the Empire State Building in New York.
Unlike the grand fireworks show held on Independence Day in previous years, this year, due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the event organizer adopted a "small-scale, multi-regional" method of setting off fireworks for several days in a row, and the location and time of the fireworks show in the previous days All are kept secret from the citizens, and the discharge time is only a few minutes, in order to prevent people from gathering to watch.
Reporter Chen Mengtong Zhao Yuning
Editor in charge: [Ye Pan]