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Washington Hosts Army's 250th Anniversary Parade Facing Rain and Protests
- Washington, D.C., hosted a military parade on June 14 to mark the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary and President Trump's 79th birthday.
- Organizers aimed to shift the event's focus from what they termed 'an authoritarian birthday party' to celebrating core democratic values amid planned protests.
- The parade included 6,169 soldiers organized in formations of seven columns and ten rows, along with 128 armored vehicles such as tanks and rocket launchers, and 62 aircraft flying overhead.
- Officials expected up to 200,000 attendees despite a forecast for rain and possible thunderstorms, with White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly stating the parade would proceed rain or shine.
- The event cost between $25 million and $45 million, included a 19-minute fireworks show, and concluded with the Army’s Golden Knights parachute team presenting the president with an American flag.
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Trump holds parade on his birthday to celebrate Army's anniversary
US President Donald Trump’s long-sought military parade rolled though the streets of downtown Washington on Saturday, but the celebration of the US Army’s 250th anniversary was marred by a day of violence.In the hours before the parade began, hundreds of thousands of Americans marched and rallied in streets in cities from New York to Chicago to Los Angeles protesting Trump’s actions while in office.Earlier in the day, a gunman assassinated a Dem…
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