The United States Army held a 250th-anniversary parade on June 14, 2025, as an America250 launch event.
The date marked the Army’s founding on June 14, 1775, when the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The parade traveled from the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, toward the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The event was part of the wider celebrations leading to the United States’ 250th anniversary in 2026. It included soldiers representing different eras of Army history, historic and modern vehicles, aircraft, military bands, parachutists, horses, and other ceremonial participants.
A common mix-up is to call the event a general U.S. military anniversary parade. It specifically commemorated the United States Army, not all six branches of the armed forces. The Army is also distinct from the Continental Army: the Continental Army existed from 1775 to 1783, while the modern United States Army dates from 1796 after an intervening period involving the Legion of the United States.