Follow live updates as the military parade in Washington, D.C., kicks off on Trump's birthday. 'No Kings' protests by opponents are planned across the country today.

Shortly after 6:15 p.m., an announcer declared, “Ladies and gentlemen, our parade is officially under way.” Members of the military began marching past the reviewing stand, as people in the crowd applauded and held up their phones.

The parade, honoring the Army’s long-planned 250th anniversary celebration and coinciding with Trump’s 79th birthday, is set to step off from the Lincoln Memorial under the threat of stormy weather in Washington and protests around the country tied to a turbulent week of immigration enforcement that has involved military deployment in Los Angeles.

Army's 250th anniversary celebrated with a military parade in Washington, D.C., on Trump's birthday. 'No Kings' protests by opponents are planned across the country.

Trump hailed the United States as the "hottest country in the world" after watching tanks, aircraft and troops file past him in Washington on Saturday to honor the 250th anniversary of the US army.

Protests spread across the United States on Saturday as the president surveyed a military parade through the streets of the capital.

The parade was the spectacle event Trump had long wanted. It also helped sparked the largest mass opposition to him since his inauguration 145 days earlier.

The demonstrations follow more than a week of large-scale protests in Los Angeles against Mr. Trump’s immigration crackdown and his decision to deploy the military there. Thousands gathered at Liberty Plaza,

Protests are planned across the United States on Saturday to coincide with President Donald Trump's military parade, ostensibly to mark US Army's 250th anniversary but also taking place on Trump's birthday.

Haines expressed discomfort with the concept of military parades, noting that they remind her of more rigid, authoritarian regimes abroad. She added that the $45 million price tag for the event hardly seems like money well spent on behalf of the American people.

The last time the United States held a national military parade was in June 1991, timed to welcome returning veterans of the 100-day Persian Gulf War.

The parade commemorates the formal founding of the US Army on June 14, 1775, but the White House has provided an answer to speculations about whether Pakistan Field Marshal Asim Munir was invited to the event.