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Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool - Events
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...Events
The area of and around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has been the site of many historic events, including:
- - - In 1939, singer Marian Anderson was denied permission to perform at Constitution Hall in Washington because she was African American. An open-air concert was held on Easter Sunday, with a crowd of over 75,000 people.[37]
- - - On August 28, 1963, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom used the area for its Civil Rights rally. It was there that Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered to a crowd of 250,000 people.[4]
- - - On October 21, 1967, 100,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters met at the pool and memorial to begin the March on the Pentagon.[38]
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Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime (1958)
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A classic version of the song, imo...
@#2
Found this ...
Secret Service Angry With FBI Director Kash Patel for Discussing Potential Threat' to UFC 250 Event (June 17, 2026)
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... Kash Patel has reportedly angered the United States Secret Service.
On Tuesday, June 16, the FBI director, 46, shared a post on X revealing, "On June 10, FBI and our law enforcement partners became aware of a potential threat to the UFC America 250 event in Washington, D.C. involving individuals outside of the National Capital Region " and thanks to the rapid action of this FBI, our partners, and the Department of e operation, multiple individuals are now in custody and allegedly planned attacks were stopped cold."
As Globe previously reported, the UFC Freedom 250 event took place on the White House South Lawn on Sunday, June 14, and also served as President Donald Trump's 80th birthday celebration.
Following Patel's announcement, USSS Deputy Director Matt Quinn made a cryptic statement during a press conference about the situation, but did not name Patel.
"I'll tell you a phrase I learned early in my career in the New York field office, and that's don't choke on your own smoke," Quinn said, per CNN. "Anyone that believes that case was worked in a bubble is naive. The Secret Service led that investigation from the beginning. I'll tell you that case is ongoing. In order to maintain the integrity of the investigation and the security plan, we chose not to leak it."
An anonymous USSS official told CNN, "To put it out and just selfishly tweet it is just poor form," referring to Patel. The official also said those on the case were astounded by Patel's social media post. ...
@#8 ... But, you take the job you can get, and you make it work. ...
I had a job that was working well for me.
As it turned out, the decision not to change to be a weekday occupant of a Manhattan aerie worked better for me.
YMMV and all that.