The parade was the spectacle event Trump had long wanted. It also helped sparked the largest mass opposition to him since his inauguration 145 days earlier.

The Army pulled off a sweeping affair featuring more than 6,000 soldiers, 50 aircraft, and fireworks to cap the event highlighting its 250th anniversary.

The parade, honoring the Army’s long-planned 250th anniversary celebration and coinciding with Trump’s 79th birthday, is set to step off from the Lincoln Memorial under the threat of stormy weather in Washington and protests around the country tied to a turbulent week of immigration enforcement that has involved military deployment in Los Angeles.

Army's 250th anniversary celebrated with a military parade in Washington, D.C., on Trump's birthday. 'No Kings' protests by opponents are planned across the country.

The DC "No Kings" protest is marching to the White House on Saturday afternoon as President Trump hosts a celebration for the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.

The grand military parade that President Donald Trump had been wanting for years barreled down Constitution Avenue on Saturday with tanks, troops and a 21-gun salute.

A large military parade showcasing American power, requested by President Donald Trump to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary, took place in

In Washington, D.C., scores of people have shifted from the Army festival to the parade route, walking west toward the Washington Monument. The protests have—for now—mostly died down. It’s a hot, steamy Washington evening,