Organizers are calling for Americans to attend demonstrations across the country to protest President Trump on his 79th birthday.

The parade was the spectacle event Trump had long wanted. It also helped sparked the largest mass opposition to him since his inauguration 145 days earlier.

Today’s United States — its possibility, its strength, its divisiveness, its polarization and fragmentation — is encapsulated in a single week in June 2025, its triumphs and frictions on vivid display.

Military veterans and local residents gathered in Washington, D.C. on June 14 to protest the military parade, President Trump, and ICE raids across the country.

Tonight, a parade of thousands of troops and vehicles will wind through Washington, D.C. The parade celebrates the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, but comes amid questions of cost and President Trump's utilization of troops to quell protests in Los Angeles.

The demonstrations come on the heels of protests flaring up around the country over federal immigration enforcement raids that began last week and Trump ordering National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles where protesters blocked a freeway and set cars on fire.

The massive military parade drew tanks and thousands of soldiers and coincided with nationwide protests against Trump and his policies.