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Trump to Get Washington, D.C., Military Parade, But Without the Tanks

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A Pentagon memo said that it was in order to make sure streets weren’t damaged.

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President Trump will be getting his desired military parade in Washington, D.C., but without the tanks. He had been attracted to the idea of such a parade after seeing the Paris Bastille Day, an event which has such heavy military vehicles. That’s according to a Pentagon memo released on Friday saying that only wheeled vehicles would be involved in order to prevent damage to streets. The event is currently being planned for Veterans Day and will go along a route from the White House to the Capitol.

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