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.

Washington, D.C., played host to a grand military parade celebrating the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday—a ceremony that coincided with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday and Flag Day. The event unfolded along Constitution Avenue from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument and closed with a fireworks show over the Tidal Basin.

A large military parade to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States Army brought thousands to the National Mall in Washington, D.C.