Uh the Lungu family is going to have a lot of sons-in-laws. So that is amazing. So I want to take you through what has happened. What has happened is that the court has now given a judgement. And everyone has won. So this is a win win situation. The Lungu family has won the Zambia government has won everyone and the former net president of Zambia. President Thomas Jefferson held the first Fourth of July event at the White House in 1801, and modern Presidents have continued the tradition. This year's festivities will honor America's armed forces with a first-of-its-kind celebration on the National Mall. As we close in on America's 250th birthday, in 2026, it's worth revisiting President Calvin Coolidge's defense of the Declaration of Independence, and the men who wrote it, on our 150th. In the middle of the Depression, Franklin Roosevelt was sailing to a Hawaii vacation. It’s also been a day for some presidents to insert themselves front and center in the fabric of it all, as Donald Trump planned to do Thursday with his speechifying and showmanship. 1801: Thomas Jefferson presides over the first Fourth of July public reception at the White House. 1822: James Monroe hangs out at his farm in Virginia. 1826: Adams, the second president, and April 22, 2025 - TUSCALOOSA, AL - The arrival of May in Tuscaloosa, Alabama brings with it not only May flowers, but many smiling graduates posing for their graduation pictures in front of the President's Mansion, Denny Chimes, Bryant-Denny Stadium, and other notable landmarks of the University of Alabama. And this year, May will also give the exci President Biden and former President Trump are both running for the 2024 election. A spectator was killed at a Pennsylvania rally. Tomorrow is American Independence Day. So today, WORLD Radio Executive Producer Paul Butler has a few excerpts from past Presidential speeches marking the 4th of July. PAUL BUTLER, REPORTER: For more than 220 years U.S. Presidents have marked the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with speeches and special commemorations. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt smokes a cigarette and sits in the driver's seat of a convertible car on July 4 at his family's estate in Hyde Park. On July 4, 1947, President Harry S. Truman Governor William Livingston (NJ) delivered a patriotic speech at the July 4 celebration in Trenton, New Jersey. Warm, sunny weather for Independence Day. Five Sitting Presidents Have Been Denied Their Party's Nominations It seems almost unimaginable - a sitting President not receiving their party's nomination to run for a second term. This has, however, happened FIVE times in the history of the United States. In four of the cases, the men who didn't receive the nomination were not elected President. July 4 has also been a day for some presidents to be at the center of the celebration with the public. This year, U.S. President Joe Biden plans to invite members of the military, Ohio State will host its third commencement address by a sitting president this spring, but that's only half the number tallied by Notre Dame. President Thomas Jefferson held the first Fourth of July event at the White House in 1801, and modern Presidents have continued the tradition. This year, at the second annual “Salute to America,” President Trump will deliver remarks from the South Lawn of the White House. Figure 2: State President’s Conference – July 1977. Figure 3: State President’s Conference – Juuly 1982 President Carter. President Jimmy Carter is most notable as the only former FFA member ever elected to the office of President of the United States. Carter grew up on a rural peanut farm in Plains, Georgia. In an unprecedented moment for the University of Alabama, President Donald J. Trump will deliver the keynote commencement address for the Class of 2025, marking the first time a sitting U.S. Of the individuals elected president, four died of natural causes while in office (William Henry Harrison, [1] Zachary Taylor, [2] Warren G. Harding, [3] and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, [4] James A. Garfield, [4] [5] William McKinley, [6] and John F. Kennedy), and one resigned from office (Richard Nixon). President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Karen Pence and others stand as the US Army Band performs and the US Navy Blue Angels flyover at the end of an Republicans in the Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda bill after a dramatic scramble to win over key holdouts. Now, the bill must pass in the House before heading to When President Joe Biden delivers his commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday, it will be part of a long-standing tradition of presidents speaking at graduation ceremonies. Since 1902, nearly 200 presidential commencement speeches have been delivered, and every
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