Trump’s military parade
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The procession, with more than 6,000 soldiers and 128 Army tanks, was one Trump tried to make happen in his first term.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army reported Monday that initial assessments show no discernible damage to D.C. streets from Saturday's military parade celebrating the Army's 250th birthday, despite concerns about 70-ton tanks and heavy military vehicles rolling through the nation's capital.
When all of that has been taken down, D.C.’s Department of Public Works (DPW) will clean up any remaining trash in that area, according to officials. Around 75 DPW workers began cleanup after the parade finished, according to officials. They cleared out trash in the areas that are no longer blocked off.
D.C. officials say 31 people were taken to the hospital throughout the events of the Army 250th military parade.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday that cleanup from the weekend’s military parade will take several more days but that there is no damage to report so far to the city roads or
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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.
The cleanup continued Monday morning after the parade celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army over the weekend.
Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson has made public her distaste at what she says was the unauthorised usage of the Seattle band's 1977 hit single Barracuda during the military parade staged in Washington D.C. to celebrate the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary, on what just happened to be, by coincidence, Donald Trump's 79th birthday.
Over the weekend, just blocks away from President Trump’s June 14 military parade in Washington, D.C., the third annual DC/DOX got underway. The four-day documentary film festival kicked off on June 12 and highlighted films that explore some of America’s most pressing issues,
MSNBC hosts Ali Velshi and Chris Hayes noted a difference in the atmosphere at the Army's 250th celebration in Washington, D.C., compared to President Trump's rallies.