The United States Army began America250 celebrations with its 250th Anniversary Parade on June 14, 2025.
The date was significant because June 14 is the anniversary of the Army’s founding in 1775. The parade therefore marked the Army’s own 250th anniversary while also serving as an early event connected with the broader national semiquincentennial observance.
The Army was established by the Second Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War, before the Declaration of Independence was adopted. That means the Army’s anniversary and the nation’s independence anniversary are related but not identical milestones.
America250 events formally began on July 3, 2025, according to the semiquincentennial overview, but the Army’s parade had already launched the sequence of anniversary celebrations. The central national anniversary remains July 4, 2026.