NEW YORK, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The capital city of the United States is gearing up for Saturday's military parade to honor the 250th birthday of the Army and the 79th birthday of President Donald Trump.

The parade, at the reported cost of around 45 million U.S. dollars, took place amid nationwide "No Kings" protests organized to " (reject) authoritarianism, billionaire-first politics and the ...