US navy to carry grand parade in Washington DC on Trump’s 79th birthday and Military’s 250th. What we all know
Apr 07, 2025 09:09 AM IST
The parade would reportedly stretch practically 4 miles from the Pentagon in Arlington to the White Home.
The US navy goes to carry a grand parade in Washington D.C. on June 14, 2025, which is able to coincide with the Military’s 250th birthday, in addition to President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. A D.C. supply with data of the plan, which continues to be being developed, has mentioned that Trump has commandeered Saturday, June 14, for his navy parade, as reported by the Washington Metropolis Paper. The parade would reportedly stretch practically 4 miles from the Pentagon in Arlington to the White Home.
Arlington County Board Chair Takis Karantonis advised the outlet that no formal request for help has been made to the county but. The White Home has given the county a “heads up” concerning the parade, however no particulars have been supplied.
“It’s not clear to me what the scope of a parade can be,” Karantois mentioned. “However I’d hope the federal authorities stays delicate to the ache and considerations of quite a few [military] veteran residents who’ve misplaced or may lose their jobs in current federal selections, as they mirror on how greatest to have fun the Military’s anniversary.”
When Donald Trump’s plans have been cancelled prior to now
Trump has all the time needed a grand navy parade to happen, and had even envisioned tanks, plane, and different navy {hardware} rolling down Pennsylvania Avenue NW again in 2018. In accordance with the Related Press, he bought the thought after watching a French navy spectacle in 2017, following which he advised folks, “We’re going to should try to prime it.”
His plan, nevertheless, didn’t work out in 2018 with navy leaders expressing their considerations about logistics for placing on such an enormous occasion. They have been additionally frightened concerning the estimated $92 million {dollars} in prices. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser publicly questioned the parade on the time, and Trump lastly needed to cancel his plans.
“The native politicians who run Washington, D.C. (poorly) know a windfall after they see it,” Trump wrote on X on the time. “When requested to offer us a worth for holding a terrific celebratory navy parade, they needed a quantity so ridiculously excessive that I cancelled it. By no means let somebody maintain you up! I’ll as an alternative …attend the large parade already scheduled at Andrews Air Drive Base on a unique date…”
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