President Trump marked the 250th anniversary of the Army with a military parade in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, which was also Mr. Trump's 79th birthday. Crowds gathered to watch the parade of troops and military vehicles along the National Mall,

President Donald Trump praised the United States Army as the “greatest, fiercest and bravest fighting force” at the conclusion of a grand display of military might in the nation’s capital Saturday as the Army celebrated its 250th birthday with a parade.

WASHINGTON (AP) — There were funnel cakes, stands of festival bling and American flags aplenty. There were mighty machines of war, brought out to dazzle and impress. And there was the spray of tear gas against demonstrators in Los Angeles and Atlanta, and rolling waves of anti-Trump resistance coast to coast.