A party with great fanfare. A White House spokesperson confirmed on Friday that Donald Trump would organize A “military parade” On June 14, the date marking the 250th anniversary of the creation of the American army, and coinciding with the 79th anniversary of the American president.
NEW: To celebrate the U.S. Army’s 250th Birthday on June 14, President Trump will honor American Veterans, active-duty servicemembers, and military history with a military parade! 🇺🇸https://t.co/49wd2IIfVh
— Anna Kelly (@AnnaKelly47) May 2, 2025
The Republican intends by this “pay tribute to American veterans, members of the active armed forces and military history,” wrote Anna Kelly on the social network X.
Material of the first and second world wars
According to Fox Newsthe parade will offer historical reconstructions and will present material from the wars of independence, secession, Hispano-American war, first and second world wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. Active soldiers will be present, as well as students in military academy.
“As one of the first events of the one-year celebration of our 250th anniversary, this commemorative parade will be an appropriate tribute to the service, sacrifice and altruism of courageous men and women who have brought the uniform and devoted their lives to defending the greatest experience of known freedom of man,” commented the vice-president JD Vance, with Fox News.
The American army (US Army) was founded on June 14, 1775, just over a year before the United States of America declared their independence, on July 4, 1776-on July 4 being today on the day of the National Day in the United States.
A parade inspired by July 14?
Donald Trump promised to score the country’s 250th anniversary next year. But it was this year that he intends to realize a project already mentioned during his first mandate (2017-2021), that of a military parade. And on a date, therefore, which coincides with his birthday.
In 2017, during his first term, President Donald Trump said he was amazed By the traditional French military parade on July 14 in Paris, to which he had been invited by Emmanuel Macron. He even proposed to organize a similar parade on November 11, 2018 in Washington, before the celebration was canceled.
The Pentagon had then underlined the potentially staggering cost of such an event, not to mention the concerns about the damage of tanks and other heavy military vehicles in the streets of the city. The last major military parade in the United States was held in 1991 in Washington to celebrate the end of the Gulf War.
