Five Reasons The Army‘s Birthday Parade Was Money Well Spent

The extraordinary musicians of the U.S. Army sang about a nation undivided during the Washington, D.C., celebration of the Army’s 250th anniversary on Saturday. The parade, fireworks, and music represented a unifying moment for those who attended in person and the many television viewers across the country.

But at the same time, thousands of “No Kings” protesters were busy rejecting unity at planned counter-demonstrations around the U.S. in an attempt to siphon attention away from the Army. They billed the Army’s parade as an expensive birthday party for President Donald Trump, who shares the same June 14 birthday with the Army. They said it was self-indulgent spending of millions of dollars “for Trump’s birthday party.”