Overview

• More than 6,700 troops, 28 M1A1 Abrams tanks and 50 aircraft will march down Constitution Avenue NW on Flag Day in a parade expected to draw around 200,000 spectators.
• Secret Service officials have declared the event a National Special Security Event, deploying drones and crews to oversee extensive fencing and checkpoint operations.
• President Trump has cautioned that any protesters at the June 14 celebration would face “very big force” as he prepares to address attendees from a reviewing stand on the Ellipse.
• The No Kings movement plans over 1,500 protests nationwide, while Washington has issued permits for nine small demonstrations on the day of the parade.
• Organizers have budgeted about $45 million for the festivities, and Trump has already mobilized thousands of National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles to quell separate unrest.