What 1991 event was the last Washington, D.C., military parade before the U.S. Army’s 2025 250th-anniversary parade?

The National Victory Celebration was the last Washington, D.C., military parade before the U.S. Army’s 2025 250th-anniversary parade.

The National Victory Celebration took place in 1991 and commemorated the conclusion of the Gulf War. It was held during the presidency of George H. W. Bush and celebrated U.S. and allied military personnel after the coalition’s victory over Iraq in the conflict commonly known as Operation Desert Storm.

The Army’s 250th Birthday Parade occurred on June 14, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The parade article describes it as the first military parade in Washington since the 1991 National Victory Celebration.

This distinction concerns a large military parade in the capital, not every military ceremony or veterans’ event held there between the two dates. It also connects the Army’s institutional anniversary with the broader calendar leading to America250 in 2026.