A military parade, festival, and fireworks on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., mark the U.S. Army's 250th birthday. The event coincides with U.S. President Trump's 79th birthday and includes a wreath-laying ceremony,

President Donald Trump praised the United States Army as the “greatest, fiercest and bravest fighting force” at the conclusion of a grand display of military might in the nation’s capital Saturday as the Army celebrated its 250th birthday with a parade.

Thousands of demonstrators crowded into streets, parks, and plazas across the US, blaring anti-authoritarian chants mixed with support for protecting democracy and immigrant rights.

WASHINGTON (AP) — There were funnel cakes, stands of festival bling and American flags aplenty. There were mighty machines of war, brought out to dazzle and impress. And there was the spray of tear gas against demonstrators in Los Angeles and Atlanta, and rolling waves of anti-Trump resistance coast to coast.

As we reach the end of the parade, the Army is showing off its future, including new technologies, such as robotic dogs, and aspiring leaders from the country’s top military academies. Cadets from West Point,

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EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump ’s vainglorious birthday parade masquerading as a celebration of the 250 th anniversary of the U.S. Army may get drenched in a rainy DC this Flag Day, but the financial sun is shining a bit brighter for some suffering Hollywood vendors.

Parachutists with the Army's Golden Knights jumped onto the Ellipse at the Grand Military Parade in Washington, D.C.