But with the event falling on June 14, President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday—and with his name, presence, and fingerprints woven throughout—the military spectacle has become one of the most controversial and polarizing public displays in the nation’s capital in years.

Attendees of the upcoming military parade celebrating the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary may need to watch the skies and pack rain gear, as showers are forecasted to affect the Washington, D.C. area on Saturday.