Uncategorized Saturday’s military parade, which celebrated the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and held on President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday, featured fireworks, tanks, military flyovers and a surfeit of red,

Millions of demonstrators mobilized around the country as a smaller, subdued crowd gathered to witness the display of grandeur and might in the nation’s muggy capital.

Despite the parade, overall travel demand to Washington D.C. remains steady this weekend. Here's what travelers should know.

Coinciding with Trump's 79th birthday, the parade will feature tanks, bands and thousands of troops in honor of the Army’s 250th anniversary celebration.

WASHINGTON (7News) — A military parade celebrated the Army's 250th in Washington D.C., with thousands of people in attendance. Aside from the parade, there was also concert and fireworks as part of the celebration. The celebration also coincides with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday, National Flag Day, and the Army’s 250th anniversary.

President Trump will attend the G7 summit in Canada amid growing tension in the Middle East, and following the military parade in Washington, D.C. and nationwide protests against his administration

The day marks the end of slavery in the US, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed enslaved African Americans that they were free.

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, festivities followed by a major military parade will happen on June 14 in Washington D.C. The Continental Congress voted to create the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, nearly two months after the ...