Was A U.S. Marine Band Heckled In Canada?

The 2d Marine Division Band from Camp Lejeune, NC is in #Halifax for the @RoyalNSTattoo. They put on a great performance today as part of the Tattoo Festival #TATTOO18 pic.twitter.com/0ZzyjqLilJ

— USConsulateHalifax (@usconshalifax) 27 June 2018

Marine Times: Was the Marine band heckled in Canada?

motions ran high in Canada when early reports out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, claimed the U.S. Marine band was chased out of an event by angry protesters on Saturday.

People took to social media demanding an apology over the alleged mistreatment of the Marines.

Members of the 2nd Marine Division band out of Camp, Lejeune, North Carolina, came face to face with Canadian protesters upset over the U.S. immigration policy of separating families at the Mexico border.

Protestors allegedly blocked the Marines from taking a group photo at the Grand Parade Square in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax Today reported.

However, an opinion piece posted in The Coast described the incident as “false outrage” and “uneventful.”

Marine officials further downplayed the event in a statement to Marine Corps Times.

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WNU editor: The local media is saying the story has been "hyped-up" .... UPDATED: False outrage over this past weekend's Marine Band protest (The Coast). I hope the local media is correct, but something did happen or there would have been no coverage. It is also true that the U.S. - Canada trade war is stirring a lot of animosityin Canada, and fueled by the Canadian mainstream media that has been over the top in their hatred of President Trump since the election, it is not hard to see how current events may make SOME people upset in this country. Fortunately .... from my read in Montreal and the province Quebec .... only a very small minority feel this way.