
Student caught on video removing almost 3,000 flags from September 11 display as a protest
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A member of Washington University's student government removed nearly 3,000 U.S. flags meant to commemorate victims of the Sept. 11 attacks from a display on campus and put them in trash bags, prompting an investigation by the school.
The university's chapter of College Republicans had placed the 2,977 flags – one for every life lost on 9/11 -- on Mudd Field in St. Louis Friday to commemorate Saturday's 20th anniversary of the attacks. Fadel Alkilani, a vice president of finance for the Student Union, acknowledged that he took the flags on Saturday and put them in plastic bags as part of a protest, but said was interrupted when another student began recording video of him. The video showed him carrying four-to-five large, clear bags.
Trump's military parade tomorrow isn't the first in the U.S. — but they're rare. Here's a look back.
Washington — President Trump is hosting a parade celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army on Saturday, bringing tanks and soldiers to the streets of Washington, D.C., for the capital's first major military parade in more than three decades.

A military parade through the streets of Washington, D.C., is being held to celebrate the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary on Saturday, June 14 — which also happens to be President Trump's 79th birthday. Army officials say about 6,600 soldiers, 150 vehicles and more than 50 aircraft are set to participate.