President Donald Trump salutes at a campaign rally Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Vandalia, Ohio. (AP/Jeff Dean)
The parade will have reenactors, equipment and more from the Revolutionary War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War/Desert Storm and the Global War on Terror (Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria). It's also slated to feature active-duty service members and students at U.S. military academies.
The White House is coordinating closely with the Pentagon, the Department of Homeland Security, the National Parks Service and a number of other agencies will execute the parade. (Alex Brandon/Pool via Reuters)
The White House is coordinating closely with the Pentagon, the Department of Homeland Security, the National Parks Service and a number of other agencies to execute "this spectacular event honoring our Veterans, active-duty servicemembers, and military history," an official told Fox News Digital.
"We love our military and take great pride in honoring our warfighters," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Fox News Digital. "In celebration of 250 years of the U.S. Army, we will throw the biggest and most beautiful military parade in our nation's history."
Meanwhile, the task force is coordinating "the plans and activities of federal agencies for an extraordinary celebration of the 250th Anniversary of American Independence."
The executive order that established the task force also reinstated executive orders from Trump's first administration, establishing the National Garden of American Heroes, a statuary park memorializing 250 historically significant Americans. ( Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)
The executive order that established the task force also reinstated executive orders from Trump's first administration, establishing the National Garden of American Heroes, a statuary park memorializing 250 historically significant Americans, and commissioning artists for the first 100 statues.
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The National Garden of American Heroes honors "American heroism" after dozens of monuments to Americans, including presidents and Founding Fathers, were toppled or destroyed and never restored.
The order also reinstated an order to protect American monuments, memorials and statues from destruction or vandalism.
The White House said America’s 250th anniversary will "afford an opportunity to unite the American people around their shared history and common future as a nation."
During Trump's first term, he held a unique "Salute To America" event on the Fourth of July in 2019, which was different from typical Independence Day celebrations put on by past presidents.
The event included a prominent display of military hardware with tanks parked near the National Mall and military flyovers by an array of aircraft. It also included an address on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial from the president and the typical fireworks display.
Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
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