Atwo-week, 50-state fair on the National Mall kicked off Wednesday night with music, fair food, and Air Force flyovers. The crowd of roughly 1,000 sat in folding chairs or stood on a portion of the Mall between the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol. Many wore "America is back" red hats, embroidered with "GASF" for "Great American State Fair." While many of the night’s speakers stuck to generally patriotic themes, praising the nation’s endurance through wars and terrorist attacks, President Trump’s speech ran along the lines of his standard political rally remarks.
