Some feared that Donald Trump’s military parade would bring a touch of North Korea to the nation’s capital. The sight of tanks rolling into the city in the same week the president deployed the troops to quell protests and delivered a deeply political speech to soldiers at Fort Bragg did little to alleviate those fears.
But when the day came, it was something closer to a medium-sized town’s July 4th celebration. There were families, picnics, bad weather and small crowds.
