What time does the Trump parade start? Why is he having a military parade? What we know as over 6,500 soldiers join Washington, D.C., event on June 14.

The parade starts at 6:30 p.m. ET and stretches for about eight blocks along Constitution Avenue, south of the White House.

A military helicopter, to be used in the U.S. Army's 250th birthday celebration and parade in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2025, prepares to land on the National Mall three days ahead. The parade will be livestreamed on all U.S. Army social media platforms, and on the U.S. Army's livestream page.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight years after President Donald Trump was dazzled by a grand military parade down the Champs-Élysées in Paris, he is finally getting a chance to try to top the spectacle.

A Craigslist advertisement seeking paid "seat fillers" to attend US President Donald Trump's grand military parade in Washington is spreading rapidly online ahead of the June 14, 2025 event. But there is no evidence the listing is aut hentically connected to the Army Birthday Parade;

Victory Parade after the first Gulf War celebrated a lopsided victory against an enemy army in the largest U.S. military operation since Vietnam.

The parade, which is expected to draw 200,000 spectators to the streets of Washington, D.C., celebrates the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army but also comes on Trump’s 79th birthday, raising complaints from some that its real purpose is to embellish his strongman image. The Army says the parade will cost up to $45 million.

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