# Freedom 250 - The Great American State Fair **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 29, 2026, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470 "2026-05-29T03:08:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/201 "2026-06-05T07:34:53Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Marine _Corps_ Band. Not in the Unites. It’s an island chain west of the Solomons, I think. Oh, and about his speech… Acts 12 **21** On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. **22** They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” **23** Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/202 "2026-06-05T09:26:57Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > he was eaten by worms and died 1. The order of these two events is interesting; and 2. \< insert RFK Jr joke here \> ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/203 "2026-06-05T11:22:51Z")
I suppose it is too much to hope someone sings “Edelweiss”. ---
**Author:** ![vbob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vbob/32/4439_2.png) [@vbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vbob)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/204 "2026-06-05T11:32:12Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > But you take the O out and you replace it with a U. Freedum 250. If the court order re: Kennedy Center signage has any teeth, there should be a big gold ‘U’ available soon… ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/205 "2026-06-05T13:54:09Z")
Send Rump all the letters but the ‘T’ ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/206 "2026-06-05T14:03:11Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The order of these two events is interesting; I’m picturing sand worms from _Dune_, because God don’t fuck around with blasphemers. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/207 "2026-06-05T14:06:07Z")
Or Beetle Juice. I guess the best the best we can do is stay out of the way of the mad man. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/208 "2026-06-05T14:11:06Z")
So the acts that didn’t back out (Vanilla Ice et al), is their thing still happening or not? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/209 "2026-06-05T14:12:11Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > who will sing Nessun Dorma, Hallelujah, Ave Maria, God Bless America, and others I can’t with “Hallelujah”. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/210 "2026-06-05T14:22:44Z")
No joke, when we first got married there was a guy who lived across the hall who was a Viet Nam era Navy veteran. How do I know that? Well, if the Navy vet ball caps or tee shirts, or bumper sticker and plates on his car didn’t tip you off, he’d be happy to mention it passing conversation (e.g. walking out the door in the morning you might say a polite “good morning” to him as you passed and he’d respond with something like _“yeah, reminds me of the sun rising off the deck of the USS Kitty Hawk in the morning…”_) Anywho, on Saturday morning you could always tell when he was cleaning his apartment because he’d crank up the stereo blasting Sousa marches or other patriotic music. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/211 "2026-06-05T14:25:16Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > …Sousa marches… Hopefully just “The Liberty Bell March”. I’d be ok with that. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/212 "2026-06-05T14:59:33Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > So the acts that didn’t back out (Vanilla Ice et al), is their thing still happening or not? I don’t see an event schedule on the event website. And the website still has it starting the day after Trump is doing his “big” rally. The only mention I can see of Vanilla Ice is the press release of all the huge musical stars that have now mostly backed out. Most little kid lemonade stands are organized better than this shitshow. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/213 "2026-06-05T15:02:00Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Most little kid lemonade stands are organized better than this shitshow. Oh, yeah? Well I’ll make my own semiquincentennial show. With blackjack. And hookers. In fact, forget the show. Oh wait, he tried that several times already and failed miserably at those, too. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/214 "2026-06-05T15:30:13Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I don’t see an event schedule on the event website. And the website still has it starting the day after Trump is doing his “big” rally. Yeah, I think that they’ve (probably correctly) decided that having only a couple of acts is worse than no acts. Better to call it off completely than to have something pathetic like Turning Point USA’s racist alternative to the Super Bowl halftime show that led to nothing but mockery. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/215 "2026-06-05T15:34:17Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Well I’ll make my own semiquincentennial show. With blackjack. I’m trying to imagine Trump playing Blackjack. “Yes, I have 21 here, trust me. Gimme 3:2” “Eighteen when I stood on sixteen? You cheated!” “I just bought the casino with borrowed money. Everything in the vault is mine!” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/216 "2026-06-05T16:02:22Z")
At least this shitshow is entirely consistent; everything he’s involved with is poorly thought-out and is a fiasco, up to and including the war with Iran and his governance of the United States. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/217 "2026-06-06T13:06:11Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > \< insert RFK Jr joke here \> Bobby’s brain worm died of starvation. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/218 "2026-06-07T03:59:08Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Marine _Corps_ Band. _“Not many people know there is a P in there”_ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/219 "2026-06-07T06:59:03Z")
“Up With People” don’t do these things or are they defunct? Surely some red state choral groups or bands would come if the {k}ing were to insist\> Sarah Huckleberry of Arkansas would certainly send someone. Probably on her own(my) dime. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470/220 "2026-06-07T07:22:18Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > “Up With People” don’t do these things or are they defunct? They still exist, unfortunately, but since 2000 they don’t do touring performances anymore. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470.md?page=12)