President Trump wants a military parade for the Army’s 250th birthday- Media claims that the parade is for his birthday
June 14, 2025, will be the 250th birthday for the United States Army. For the occasion, the Trump administration wants to throw a parade to commemorate the event. June 14 is also Flag Day, the anniversary of when the US flag was adopted. But wait! There’s more! President Donald Trump’s birthday is on June 14. Where the other media is trying to portray this as Trump wanting to have a parade on his birthday, the Associated Press presented a better perspective.
From the Associated Press:
The Army is in early discussions about potentially adding a parade to the Army’s 250th birthday festival, which is being held June 14, according to a defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions are ongoing and no decisions have been made.
June 14 is also Trump’s 79th birthday.
The White House in a statement said that “no military parade has been scheduled.”
The Army birthday festival, which has been in the planning stages for about two years, is to include an array of activities and displays on the National Mall, including Army Stryker armored vehicles, Humvees, helicopters and other equipment.
In a statement, Col. David Butler, an Army spokesman, said that “it’s too early to say yet whether or not we’re having a parade but we’re working with the White House as well as several government agencies to make the celebration a national level event.”
Trump in his first term proposed having a grand military parade in the U.S. after watching one in France on Bastille Day in 2017. Trump said after watching the two-hour procession along the famed Champs-Elysees that he wanted a grander one in Washington on Pennsylvania Avenue.
But the event never happened due to expected high costs, with one estimate of a $92 million price tag, and logistical hangups.
Trump in 2018 said in a post on the social media site then known as Twitter that he was canceling the event over costs and accused local politicians of price gouging.
“When asked to give us a price for holding a great celebratory military parade, they wanted a number so ridiculously high that I cancelled it,” he said in his post.
Additional Reading:
Price, M. L., & Baldor, L. C. (2025, April 8). Trump administration is having early talks to hold a military parade in nation’s capital on June 14. Associated Press. Link.
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