It has “smashed foreign empires, humbled kings, toppled tyrants and hunted terrorist savages through the very gates of hell”, he said.
“If there’s lightning they will disperse the crowd and even cancel or postpone the parade.”.
A military parade through Washington had been an ambition of his first term after a trip to Paris that coincided with processions to mark Bastille Day in July 2017.
A plan for a military parade on Veterans Day the following year was cancelled amid concerns over the cost.
A parade planned for the National Mall had to circulate inside instead, around a basketball arena.
“But when it comes to taking thunderstorms and clouds over cities and making it rain, or clearing skies out completely — no.”.
“It’s June in Washington DC, we get thunderstorms,” said Warren, the army spokesman. »
