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A military parade is a formation of soldiers whose movement is restricted by close-order manoeuvering known as drilling or marching. Large military parades are today held on major holidays and military events around the world. Massed parades may also hold a role for propaganda purposes, being used to exhibit the apparent military strength of a ...
Fort Worth celebrated Armistice Day Nov. 11, 1946, with a mile-long parade of veterans of the two world wars. It was made a federal holiday in the U.S. in 1938.
Outside the 1945 parade, the only parade to be held on 24 June was in 2020 in honor of the 75th anniversary of the victory. [14] [15] Elements of the 1945 parade were included in the 2020 parade, the most notable of which being the bands playing the Jubilee Slow March "25 Years of the Red Army" at the outset of the inspection stage. [16]
"New York at War" was a military parade and civilian home front procession held supporting the World War II mobilization effort on June 13, 1942. It was considered at the time the largest parade ever held in New York City, with up to 500,000 marching up Fifth Avenue (from Washington Square Park to 79th Street) and 2,500,000 spectators in ...
The parade, beginning at Washington Square, marching up Fifth Avenue, was reported to be four miles long. [3] [5] It was a ticker tape parade, and was covered by newsreels of the time. [1] However, Life magazine reported that it was "oddly subdued", and blamed it on the elimination of many military bands by the demilitarization. [4]
Pages in category "Military parades in the United States" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
German troops passing the platform with the officers on September 22, 1939. The German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk (German: Deutsch-sowjetische Siegesparade in Brest-Litowsk, Russian: Парад вермахта перед частями РККА в Бресте) was an official ceremony held by the troops of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union on September 22, 1939, during the ...
1871 Prussian parade in Paris, celebrating the Franco-Prussian War. 1919 Paris Victory Parade, celebrating the victory in the First World War. 1940 German Victory Parade in Paris. After the Fall of France, the German army marched down the Avenue Foch in triumph on 14 June 1940, following the route of the French victory over Germany parade after ...