Denmark Keeps U.S. Officials Out of Historic July 4th Festival

Denmark's biggest Independence Day gathering, running since 1912, will have no official American representation on July 4th. Danish politicians pushed back against the Trump administration's interest in buying Greenland, pressuring organizers to change the event. The local government threatened to cut funding unless changes were made. Festival organizers, representing Danish-American families, fought to keep the celebration as a friendship gathering despite rising tensions.