The United States Army’s 250th-anniversary parade was held on June 14, 2025, as part of the wider Semiquincentennial celebrations.
The date was the Army’s 250th birthday because the Continental Congress established the United States Army on June 14, 1775. The parade traveled from the Pentagon area in Arlington, Virginia, toward the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The event was described as an early or “soft launch” of the national 250th-anniversary celebrations. It was not the date of the nation’s 250th anniversary itself, which fell on July 4, 2026. The Army commemoration preceded that milestone by just over a year.
The parade also coincided with Flag Day and Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. It was the first military parade in Washington, D.C., since the 1991 National Victory Celebration. Thousands of soldiers, vehicles, aircraft, horses, and musical performers participated.