Photos: A Military Parade in D.C.

Yesterday, the American public witnessed one of the most extravagant and unusual displays of patriotic pageantry in recent memory: an Army festival and military parade in the nation’s capital. Nearly 7,000 soldiers, 28 Abrams tanks, 50 helicopters, 34 horses, two mules, and a single dog marched through a cloudy and drizzling Washington, D.C. The event, a celebration of the Army’s 250th anniversary, also fell on President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday—and took place against a backdrop of fierce immigration crackdowns and nationwide protests against the administration. While millions demonstrated across the…

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Sometimes a Parade Is Just a Parade

President Donald Trump has gotten his way and will oversee a military parade in Washington, D.C., this summer on the Army’s birthday, which also happens to be his own. Plans call for nearly 7,000 troops to march through the streets as 50 helicopters buzz overhead and tanks chew up the pavement. One option has the president presiding from a viewing stand on Constitution Avenue as the Army’s parachute team lands to present him with an American flag. The prospect of all this martial pomp, scheduled for June 14, has elicited…

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Was Trump First US President to Attend New York Veterans Day Parade? – Snopes.com

Was Trump First US President to Attend New York Veterans Day Parade?  Snopes.com On 100th Anniversary, Trump Makes History as First US President to Ever Speak at Veteran’s Day Parade  CBN News WATCH: Trump speaks at Veterans Day Parade in New York  PBS NewsHour U.S. President Trump’s Remarks at New York City Veterans Day Parade  Mirage News View full coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News

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