Somewhere Near The Lincoln Memorial... PART 2

CSX Transportation moving Armor to DC (Photo Credit: CSX Twitter)

Over the past few days, a lot of Military and Civilian workers were asked to sacrifice their time to support a "Dog and Pony" show on the National Mall. For that, and many other things, I say thank you.

As for the "Dog and Pony" show, now I understand why historical markers near my hometown point out that Benedict Arnold planned to give up West Point and the nearby Stewart Airfield to the British during the Revolutionary War (snicker) #RevolutionaryWarAirportStories. Reference: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/jul/05/trump-news-today-fourth-of-july-2020-election-democrats-live-updates and https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-explodes-with-jokes-memes-on-revolutionary-war-airport-stories-2019-7

One if by land. Two if by Hartsfield International. #RevolutionaryWarAirportStories - Pat Forde on Twitter
https://twitter.com/YahooForde/status/1146994528806744065

Have a safe and enjoyable weekend. I hope you will tune in next week!

Cheers,
Illya

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