Overview
- The parade will commence at 6:30 p.m. EDT on June 14 along Constitution Avenue NW between 15th and 23rd streets, capping a daylong Army birthday festival.
- Organizers expect about 200,000 spectators and have scheduled over 6,700 troops to march alongside 28 M1A1 Abrams tanks and a 50-aircraft flyover.
- Security checkpoints will use 175 magnetometers complemented by drone surveillance and canine units to screen attendees.
- The event is designated a National Special Security Event, with the Secret Service leading a joint operation involving the FBI, Metropolitan Police and National Guard.
- Protesters in more than 1,500 cities plan “No Kings” demonstrations, and Trump has warned they will be met with very big force.