WASHINGTON (7News) — The U.S. Army is now estimating that the cost, start to finish, for its 250th birthday parade in Washington, D.C., on June 14 will be between $25-40 million. That includes the cost of repairs to roads damaged by massive military vehicles, which is expected to cost millions.
Some 150 military vehicles will roll down Constitution Avenue between 23rd and 15th Streets, and thousands of soldiers will march down it to celebrate the Army’s birthday.
For days, members of the Army’s 1st Cavalry Division loaded dozens of tanks and other military vehicles onto railcars in Texas. As we speak, these massive machines are heading to the DMV…