The Army on Friday validated there will be a military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June, as part of the event around the service’s 250th birthday.
Prepare for the parade, as very first detailed by The Associated Press on Thursday, require about 6,600 soldiers to march from Arlington, Virginia, to the National Shopping center together with 150 lorries and 50 helicopters. Till just recently, the Army’s birthday celebration strategies did not consist of an enormous parade, which authorities state will cost 10s of countless dollars.
However Trump has long desired a military parade, and conversations with the Pentagon about having one in combination with the birthday celebration started less than 2 months earlier.
The Army’s 250th birthday takes place to accompany Trump’s 79th birthday on June 14.
In a declaration Friday, Army spokesperson Steve Warren stated the Army’s birthday event will consist of “an incredible fireworks show, a parade, and a daylong celebration on the National Shopping center.”