There will be protests this weekend, as well as a parade in D.C

The D.C. Military Parade – a Celebration for the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Army and the anniversary of the First World War

The army estimates the parade will cost between $25 million and 45 million. The bill will include millions to fix D.C. streets, since armored vehicles tend to damage the roads.

Some Democratic lawmakers have criticized the parade as a misuse of funds since it was announced. Critics are not comfortable with the display of military might.

Beyond war victories and presidential inaugurations, large-scale military parades have not been part of American tradition — though smaller parades at the town-level tend to be more common.

Trump is expected to observe the day’s events from the sidelines, but at one point, the president is scheduled to possibly receive a folded American flag. Such a move would be unusual, given that it’s traditionally presented to families of the fallen at military funerals.

A military parade will be held in a few days in the capital, with thousands of troops marching, tanks and other equipment flying in the air.

Also on Saturday, the U.S. Army is holding a military parade in Washington, D.C. to celebrate its 250th anniversary, which is also President Trump’s 79th birthday.

Notably, when the Army turned 200-years-old in 1975, there was also no grand parade given that the country was still grappling with the aftermath of the Vietnam War.

The Army’s 250th Anniversary Parade: Dogs, Mules and $Double Heeler’s” Doc Holliday

Last month, in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Trump said he stands by the cost of the military display, describing it as “peanuts compared to the value of doing it.”

“We have the greatest missiles in the world. We have the greatest submarines in the world. We have the greatest army tanks in the world. We have the best weapons in the world. And we’re going to celebrate it,” he added.

Beyond troops, the parade will feature an estimated 50 aircraft, 150 vehicles, 34 horses, two mules and one canine, Hagan said earlier this month. A dog named Doc Holliday, who is Blue Heeler, comes from the 1st Cavalry Division Horse Cavalry Detachment at Fort Gonzalez, Texas.

According to a professor at the Ohio State University, animals have had a big part to play in conflicts around the world. Dogs help sniff out bombs. Units in mountains received ammunition from the mules.

Source: By the numbers: A look at the Army’s 250th anniversary parade on Trump’s birthday

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The Golden Knights demonstration parachute team, based at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, is expected to perform a jump at the end of the parade.

“We had a lot of planes going over and we had a lot of military might, and it was really a beautiful thing to see,” Trump said in 2017). “They had representatives from different wars and different uniforms. It was done very well.

But some historians say U.S. presidents have often avoided such displays to distance themselves from Cold War adversaries — such as China, North Korea and Russia, formerly the Soviet Union — where military parades are symbols of state power.

Beschloss said that Eisenhower said we were the pre-eminent power on Earth. “We would look weak if we tried to duplicate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square.”

Some projected the overall price tag could climb up to $92 million, NPR reported at the time, though then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis disputed that figure.

In a note on the campaign’s website, No Kings said it deliberately chose not to include a rally in D.C. Instead, the major flagship march will take place in Philadelphia “to draw a clear contrast between our people-powered movement and the costly, wasteful, and un-American birthday parade in Washington,” organizers said.

On Presidents Day, as well as in April, the group helped organize nationwide protests to resist against a range of Trump’s policies, among them mass deportations and a major reduction of the federal workforce.

“If people want to protest, they’re going to be met with a big force,” he said. “I have not heard about the protest, but I am pretty sure that they will be met with a lot of force.”

Source: By the numbers: A look at the Army’s 250th anniversary parade on Trump’s birthday

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More than 200,000 people lined the streets to watch 8,800 troops march. At the time, the street lights were taken down in order to allow tanks to pass easier.

“There was a fairly heated debate within George H.W. Bush’s administration as to whether it was appropriate,” Joshua Zeitz, a historian and contributing editor for Politico, told NPR’s Consider This earlier this month.

Zeitz said that Bush ultimately supported the parade in order to help Americans overcome “Vietnam syndrome,” referring to the public’s negative view of the military following the Vietnam War.

“We will not tolerate violence in the state, even though we know of the right to peacefully protest,” said Kehoe in a statement earlier this week. While other states may wait for the chaos to set in, Missouri takes a proactive approach in the event that assistance is needed to support local law enforcement.

In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered National Guard troops to San Antonio and Austin ahead of expected protests. The governor of Missouri activated the National Guard as a precautionary measure.

Marines are expected to protect federal buildings, such as the Wilshire Federal Building, and those inside, they will be equipped with shields and batons, among other crowd control gear, but will not have arresting powers.

The events come in the wake of the President activating the California National Guard against Governor Newsom’s and LA Mayor Bass’s wishes, as well as sending Marines to Los Angeles. 700 Marines arrived on Friday.

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Protests have generally been peaceful, but some protesters have clashed with law enforcement, set cars ablaze, and vandalized buildings with graffiti. Police have arrested dozens of people across the country.

Demonstrations in Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York took place this week. Protests in Los Angeles have been ongoing all week in response to the administration ramping up immigration enforcement in the city.