Officials went ahead with the parade despite the discouragement of the city health department about the ever-spreading virus. Within 72 hours of the parade, all the hospital beds in Philadelphia were full of flu patients.
On Aug. 26, 1839, the Navy brig Washington seized the Spanish slaver Amistad near Montauk Point, New York, sparking one of the most important anti-slavery cases in American history.
And defense attorneys questioned whether Navy Region Southwest commander Rear Adm. Bette Bolivar appeared to be on a collision course with President Donald J. Trump.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson also dismissed all charges against a SEAL officer charged with covering up war crimes and stopped the ongoing probe of another special operator who confessed to murdering a detainee in Iraq in 2017.
For appearing in an inappropriate photo, Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher could face up to four months imprisonment along with a reduction in rank, forfeiture of two-thirds of his pay and a reprimand.