Another Democrat misreprentation will be on full display today…
The United States Army was officially founded on June 14, 1775, when the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army to unify the colonial forces fighting against Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. This date is recognized as the Army’s birthday and marks the creation of America’s first national institution, with George Washington appointed as its first commander-in-chief shortly thereafter.
Exactly one hundred seventy-one years later, a baby was born in to Fred and Mary Anne Trump at Jamaica Hospital in Queens, NY. They named him Donald John Trump.
Today, as leftists across the country are planning their own “protest parades” in over 1,800 locations across all 50 states and internationally, there will be a Parade in Washington, DC, celebrating the 250th Birthday of the Army.
Why? Because today is the 250th birthday of the US Army.
Plans for this parade began in earnest about two months ago, but are part of broader planning for the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and the associated year-long observance of America’s 250th birthday in 2026 begun nearly nine years ago. This celebration was initiated through congressional action. The long-term planning focused on commemorating the Army’s founding and preparing for the national semiquincentennial celebrations.
Military parades used to be far more common than they are today. After Military victories in the Civil War and both World Wars. They have been part of inaugurations for both Republican and Democrat presidents. It was in the wake of Vietnam, as flag-burning and denigration of our military began to creep into the American psyche, that the left began treating our military power as something to be ashamed of. And it has only gotten worse since then.
My father, at 22 years of age, made several drops of paratroopers over Normandy from an unarmed plane under heavy fire throughout. His brother, my Uncle Jim, was injured after his plane was shot down over Germany in the latter weeks of that war. He was taken prisoner by the Germans, and for three long weeks my grandmother thought her son was dead. (I have both the telegram reporting his plane being shot down, and the one saying he had been rescued from the prisoner of war camp and was in a US Hospital. Now, having sons of my own, I think of what those three, long weeks were like for her.)
My husband, Frank, was deployed to Vietnam as a helicopter pilot shortly before the Tet Offensive. His pictures clearly attest to a thirty-pound weight loss during that time. He says it was from pure fear. I have a picture of his mother sitting in her kitchen with a calendar on the wall behind her. She had been crossing off the days until he returned.
These members of my family all served in the US Army. My loved ones were among countless others who served, too many of whom did not return safely to their mothers. I think of all the families like mine who served, waited, and worried.
As I watch this parade today, I will feel proud. I am proud of our military strength. I am proud of each individual who constitutes that strength. As I watch, I will be thinking, gratefully, of every single person who has ever worn the uniform and the families who loved them. This parade is an honor to them; yet, Democrats and the liberal media will be hitting the airwaves trying to turn this wholesome, patriotic event into something to be ashamed of. They will be attempting to portray the president who has restored masculinity to men, femininity to women, and power to our US Military, as a man seeking to be King, just because his birthday is also being celebrated.
Certainly, Trump’s birthday should be celebrated today.
Why? Because today is his birthday.
So, Happy Birthday, US Army.
And, Happy Birthday, President Trump!
