Fox News Digital spoke to attendees of the D.C. military parade, some who had traveled hundreds of miles to participate, about why they had come to the nation’s capital for the event.

"No Kings" marches in all 50 states were reminiscent of some of America's biggest debates, from Vietnam to civil rights.

The procession, with more than 6,000 soldiers and 128 Army tanks, was one Trump tried to make happen in his first term.

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 United States Army commemorate its 250th anniversary in Washington DC with a snazzy military parade for patriotically inclined Americans