President Donald Trump and his family are looking at thousands of troops Martha in Military parade for celebrating 250. Anniversary of the armymatching his 79. Birthday.
Trump and the first lady of Melania Trump trump enters while watching a parade from stalls on a dark and cloudy night in Washington, DC
The Secretary of the Defense Pete Hegsetth stands next to the president as more than 6,000 soldiers marches near the National Mall.
The president waved the crowd and pumped his fist upon arrival like people sang “Now! Now!” He walked on the gallery of looking at a mixture “beats on the boss” and “Happy Birthday.”
He is expected to speak after the delivery.
Flash floods and thunderstorms are capital forecasts later, but Trump promised not to stop celebrations.
“Our big military parade is on, rain or shine. Remember, the rainy day of the parade brings happiness. See you all in DC”, wrote Trump Truthful Earlier.
The parade speaks of the military, starting with the battle of Lexington – the first battle of the revolutionary war – and move all the way to this day.
Each conflict will have 150 troops in the costume in the period, followed by part of hundreds of troops in a modern dress. The last few weeks of military planners worked on how to get it exactly 90 minutes, said Steve Warren’s spokesman.
The parachutes descended from the sky to open the parade, as the red smoke provided over the sky.
Although there is a biparted for the price of the spectacle, it is not the largest American military parade that was held.
President Andrew Johnson seems to be still holding that record, set up when his “big inspection of the army” marked the end of the civil war. That exhibition of force in 1865., it meant that the Salva innate nation covered 145,000 soldiers who marching the Avenue Pennsylvania.
The parade follows the day of protests in which thousands of people took to the streets to more than 2,000 locations that demonstrated against Trump and Administration.
The Demonstrations “Without King’s” They are organized to intentionally conflict with presidential celebrations in Washington, DC
Trump Director of Steven Cheung communication, he made fun of the protests on X.
“The so-called not the kings of the protests were complete and the ultimate failure to attend the minus,” Cheung said. “Democrats and Liberals would rather support criminals and illegal, instead of celebrating 250. The anniversary of our great American army and flags. But many courageous people and women who have made our country.“
AP contributed to reporting