The largest military parade in Washington in decades unfolded Saturday alongside hundreds of protests against it, and its chief organizer

The president celebrates the 250th anniversary of the US Army as demonstrators hold "No Kings" events from coast to coast.

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.

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.

At the beginning of the parade route, a sparse and quiet crowd greeted the U.S. troops dressed in uniforms from the Revolutionary War to modern day. A few protestors holding “NO KINGS” signs aloft mingled with patriotic revelers as a light drizzle began shortly after the start of the event.

Donald Trump wanted a military parade, and Saturday he got it. Trump seemed pretty pleased by it all, but some folks on social media are convinced that the president dozed off, at least for a few seconds, during the festivities. It’s not just talk.

The event brought tanks, helicopters, and vintage aircraft down Constitution Avenue in a tightly controlled display of American military history and power.

A former intelligence official got a little too much into the party spirit celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Army’s founding. Things began to fall apart almost as soon as Rebekah Koffler, a Russian-born defense expert who previously worked with the Central Intelligence Agency,