At the Great American State Fair, You Can Find a Dinosaur’s Rib Cage. Unity Is Another Matter
Freedom 250’s exhibition features state booths, performances and a 110-foot Ferris wheel as America marks its 250th anniversary.
- The Great American State Fair opened on the National Mall on June 24, running through July 10 to celebrate the United States' 250th anniversary, organized by the President Donald Trump-linked group Freedom 250.
- Power outages halted the 110-foot Ferris wheel and melted perishable foods since the fair's public opening last Thursday, while weeks earlier artists withdrew after learning of Trump's ties to the event.
- Visitors encountered varied exhibits: New Jersey displayed a 7,000-pound sandcastle built over four days, Montana featured a dinosaur dig, yet Hawaii and Alaska left booths unstaffed while Maine, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania declined to send delegations.
- Fox News reporter Peter Doocy faced online mockery Sunday after claiming people were "still coming out" while broadcasting from an almost completely empty fairgrounds, with liberal influencers characterizing attendance as sparse.
- Attendees expressed mixed sentiment: Andy Walters wished "all the states were participating" while calling it "a little underwhelming but it's a great idea," yet Alonzo Lewis questioned if the event was necessary, and Sharyn Bovat observed "half the country is divided.
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State Fair on the Mall Sputters Out of the Gate
Rain, power outages and a Confederate flag marred the start to the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Jen Golbeck/APThe 110-foot-tall Ferris wheel, a main attraction at the Great American State Fair for the country’s 250th anniversary, shut down for a couple of hours due to lack of power. The ice cream melted, but Iowa’s butter cow survived. And a display of the Confederate flag was removed from North Carolina’s b…
Fox's Peter Doocy mocked for hyping turnout for Trump event — in front of near-empty field
Reporting from the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Fox News’ Peter Doocy claimed that people were “still coming out” to the Great American State Fair, though he soon became the butt of a joke online after viewers noted a glaring contradiction directly behind him.“It’s really something!” Doocy said Sunday, speaking from an elevated news desk on the National Mall about the fair, organized by the President Donald Trump-linked group Freedom 250. …
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WFMZWASHINGTON (AP) — A dinosaur ribcage. A 7,000-pound (3,200-kilogram) sandcastle made from sand from the Jersey Shore. Two rocking chairs in an unstaffed booth, plus several empty spaces.
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