(My parents were Marines. And one was in Viet Nam. And neither thought “displays of strength” were really the kind of thing America needed to be doing.)
Your mom was a Marine, too?
Yup. Honorably discharged when the rabbit died because of the rules at the time. Tons of military in my family. And none of them were into those big deal parades. Small local parades sure. But big national ego stroke parades, they all thought that was for other countries, not the good ones.
You wanna honor the Army on its birthday. Give everybody in it the day off and a 6 pack. That’s a birthday.