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ANC passes resolution against military parade on President Trump's birthday
WASHINGTON () — Just days before hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flood the District, members of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) are requesting that the military parade be cancelled or relocated outside of Washington, D.C.
In a resolution passed on Tuesday, the ANC wrote, 'Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6B urges the United States Army to cancel its planned June 14 military parade, or in the alternative to relocate the parade entirely outside the District of Columbia, and avoid damaging DC's streets.'
Short of that, it's requesting the military commit to reimbursing D.C. for any road damage and police overtime — as well as removing all military equipment from the city's roads and airspace by 6 a.m. on Monday.
'We just passed the resolution this Tuesday, it is kind of late to not have [the parade] but, our first thing was, we don't want this in D.C.,' said Edward Ryder, Chair of ANC 6B.
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Ryder said the commission felt it was important to make a statement about the parade, which is estimated to cost $45 million.
'We heard a lot from our constituents that they didn't want the parade to be here to begin with, the optics of it happening on the President's birthday, we felt it was important to speak out about that,' he said.
The parade, which will celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army, will run along Constitution Avenue between 15th and 23rd Streets. It'll feature Abrams main battle tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, Stryker infantry carriers and Paladin howitzers and include 6,600 soldiers. The parade and festival coincide with Trump's 79th birthday.
Road closures and parking restrictions are already in place. Security checkpoints have started going up around the National Mall. Regan National Airport (DCA) will also close for several hours on Saturday.
'A lot of people that come here don't realize people live here as well. This is our home, so having something of this magnitude and seeing military tanks roll by the place we live, it's concerning to us that live here,' said Ryder.
The ANC sent the resolution to the Mayor's Office, the D.C. Council, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Office of the Secretary of the Army.
According to Ryder, only Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen responded, acknowledging the group's concerns.
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