The United States Army will hold its 250th Birthday Festival throughout the day on Saturday with a parade later in the afternoon. It’s also President Donald Trump‘s 79th birthday, and Flag Day. HERE’S HOW TRUMP’S MILITARY PARADE WILL UNFOLD ON THE NATIONAL MALL The parade will start at 6:30 p.

The massive military parade that President Donald Trump has long wanted is set to step off from the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday evening, with tanks, bands and thousands of troops.

It is expected to be the largest military parade in the nation’s capital since the end of the first Gulf War in 1991, per The Washington Post.

Fox News Digital spoke to attendees of the D.C. military parade, some who had traveled hundreds of miles to participate, about why they had come to the nation’s capital for the event.

Horses from the 1st Cavalry Division will be adding a touch of elegance to the celebration.

The demonstrations organised by a group called "No Kings" was billed as a nationwide day of defiance at his policies.