White House celebrates 4th with 1,200 troops and family members

Obama has Troops Over for the Fourth

July 05, 2010
Military.com
by Bryant Jordan

President Obama opened the South Lawn of the White House to more than 1,200 American servicemembers and their families yesterday for a Fourth of July celebration.

Visitors ate hot dogs and ice cream to the sounds of Dixieland jazz played by the Marine Corps Band before Obama, speaking from the bunting-adorned balcony of the White House, thanked the military families gathered for doing their part in protecting the United States.


"This is the spirit of which Adams spoke so long ago," he told them. "You are the men and women who toil to defend these states. You are patriots, and you have earned your place among the greatest generations."
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Obama has Troops Over for the Fourth