Military parade on 6/14 will feature imagery similar to autocratic, oppressive regimes, i.e. N. Korea, Russia, and China, marching through DC. This statue will call attention to that imagery by linking our American traditions to freedom to the actually praising these types of oppressive leaders have given Donald Trump.

The National Mall in Washington, D.C., will be filled with parading military vehicles from the Army’s 250 years of operation. The Army began operations on June 14, 1775, one year before the United States was founded. Saturday is also Trump’s 79th birthday.