Trump's military parade is a US outlier in peacetime but parades and reviews have a long history
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FILE - President Nixon salutes as cadets from the West Point Military Academy pass the presidential reviewing stand during the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 1969. In the front row of the reviewing stand, from left are Doug Rogers, the President, Barbara Eisenhower, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Pat Nixon, David Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower. (AP Photo, File)FILE - Almost 2 million people packed Fifth Avenue and side streets to witness New York's "At War Parade" June 13, 1942, in New York. (AP Photo)FILE - One of the floats in New York's war parade depicting Hitler in deaths' garb, rolls down Fifth Avenue in New York, June 13, 1942. (AP Photo, File)The presidential reviewing stand with guests and guards with President Andrew Johnson on May 23-24, 1865, on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, as U.S. Army soldiers participated in the "Grand Review of the Armies. "(Library of Congress via AP)People watch soldiers on horseback followed by those on foot, parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, during the "Grand Review of the Armies" on May 23-24, 1865. (Matthew Brady/Library of Congress via AP)FILE - Army medium tanks move along Pennsylvania Avenue during the Inaugural Parade for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jan. 21, 1953, in Washington. Front tanks are turning into 15th Street on way to the reviewing stand set up in front of White House. (AP Photo, File)People watch from the U.S. Capitol, during the grand review of the great veteran armies of Grant and Sherman on May 23-24, 1865, in Washington. (Matthew Brady/Library of Congress via AP)FILE - A float carrying a huge bust of President Franklin Roosevelt rolls up Fifth Avenue during a war parade in New York, June 13, 1942. (AP Photo, File)FILE - Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, left, and President George HW Bush watch the National Victory Parade in Washington, June 8, 1991, after Schwarzkopf led his troops in the parade, and then joined Bush in the reviewing stand. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)FILE - Thousand of people line streets to cheer on naval units marching on Fifth Avenue in a war parade in New York, June 13, 1942. At lower left is a Grumman "Wildcat" fighter that is flown from U.S. aircraft carriers. (AP Photo, File)FILE - This view, taken from Arlington National Cemetery, shows troops marching across the Memorial Bridge, with the Lincoln Memorial in the background, in Washington, heading towards the Pentagon during the National Victory Day Parade, June 8, 1991. The celebration to honor Gulf War troops drew an estimated 800,000 spectators. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson, File)FILE - Soldiers stand at attention in their vehicles which carry 8-inch Howitzers, during the Victory Parade of the 82nd Airborne Division on Fifth Avenue in New York, Jan. 12, 1946. The parade is passing the reviewing stand in front of the Public Library, right. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, File)FILE - President George W. Bush poses with sailors and pilots aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast after landing in a small jet May 1, 2003. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FILE - President Nixon salutes as cadets from the West Point Military Academy pass the presidential reviewing stand during the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 1969. In the front row of the reviewing stand, from left are Doug Rogers, the President, Barbara Eisenhower, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Pat Nixon, David Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower. (AP Photo, File)
