By: Scoop Stanton
June 14th is a special day in the US. Flag Day, President Trump’s birthday and the birthday of the US Army. President Trump wanted to celebrate the US Army ‘s 250th birthday in style, so he ordered a parade in Washington, DC. The parade was approximately $40 million. The taxpayer in me said have a group of troops from Fort Belvior march down Constitution Ave and call it a day.
But; the Army went all out. There was a display of Army toys; tanks, weapons, APV’s, and helicopters as well as an Army medical unit.
To get in the display area and the parade area you had to go through two separate screening entrances!
The lines were Disney World long! Luckily I was with my friend fashion designer extraordinaire Andre Soriano and his friend Lisa. The people were well mannered and patient. Some Jesus freak was polluting our ears with a bullhorn about sin! We get through screening and saw many things that the Army has to ruin your day!
The parade was going to kick off early due to weather conditions. So we had to go through more screening!
The parade viewing area was packed with thousands of people! Many wearing Trump gear. After screening to get in, we had to cross a bridge that went over 14th Street that was too small for the thousands of people there. We got to the area near the Washington Mounument and there wasn’t a good vantage point to watch the parade.
Luckily there were screens and speakers so we can see the reviewing stand where we could see POTUS, SECDEF and UFC owner Dana White, who was a sponsor.
And of course since I had a windbreaker, wearing long pants and waterproof boots, we would not get rained on despite the weather forecast. I took this picture and posted it on social media with the caption: “Even God loves the US Army!”
We saw as much as we could and the parade was over. Trump gave the oath of enlistment and thousands of parade goers were waiting to cross the foot bridge. Think of Golden Gate Bridge traffic attempting to cross a two lane bridge! Luckily the barriers were removed and people could exit. Andre, Lisa and myself walked back to the Metro heading back home. I still had to do 75 Radio!
Despite all the weapons and tools the American soldier uses today, the backbone of the US Army is still the American soldier. Today’s soldier comes from a long line of the greatest warriors who ever walked the face of the earth. Some of these heroes include: Washington, Robert E. Lee, Alvin York, Teddy Roosevelt, Audie Murphy, Jack Pershing and George Patton.
Special thanks go to those who made it work. Those people include: the TSA, US Secret Service Uniform Division, HSI, Metropolitan Police Department and of course the American soldier.
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