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Here’s the cost and scale of the Army’s birthday military parade
KCRA ^ | June 13, 2025 | Damali Ramirez

Posted on 06/13/2025 7:16:38 PM PDT by artichokegrower

The upcoming U.S. Army 250th anniversary festival is projected to cost between $25 million and $45 million, according to Heather J. Hagan, U.S. Army Public Affairs spokeswoman.

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Since when are liberals concerned with the cost of anything the government does
1 posted on 06/13/2025 7:16:38 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

I want the tee shirt.


2 posted on 06/13/2025 7:17:39 PM PDT by samadams2000
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To: artichokegrower

Joe Biden’s open border policy has cost Americans well over $500 billion so far. It also got Americans killed.


3 posted on 06/13/2025 7:19:18 PM PDT by MAGA2017
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To: artichokegrower

3 things that trigger liberals these days:

President Trump
Flag
U.S. Army

The trifecta triggering hits at 12:00 AM and lasts 24 hours in every time zone of ‘Merica..


4 posted on 06/13/2025 7:20:06 PM PDT by delchiante
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To: artichokegrower

Bad timing.


5 posted on 06/13/2025 7:20:14 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: artichokegrower

Bingo!


6 posted on 06/13/2025 7:21:39 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: artichokegrower

Compare this to a half minute SuperBowl ad buy
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-the-rising-cost-of-super-bowl-ads-1965-2025/ - this Parade will be a better value.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-the-rising-cost-of-super-bowl-ads-1965-2025/

Is it too much for a nation to celebrate its 250th Birthday?

Not if you love your Coumtry. No price would be too high. But this is a bargain.


7 posted on 06/13/2025 7:24:14 PM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: artichokegrower

I’m more worried about it attracting the worst conceivable act of state-sponsored terrorism.


8 posted on 06/13/2025 7:24:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: artichokegrower

Compare its cost with the amount of taxpayers money stolen, purloined, misappropriated and fraudulently taken...trillions over decades. Comparatively it is nothing...the celebration is Patriotic...and will be cool to watch.

I bet amount of taxpayers money mishandled by this congress is in the hundreds of billions.


9 posted on 06/13/2025 7:27:18 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: artichokegrower
If that makes the DemocRats angry, it means it's good.
10 posted on 06/13/2025 7:30:38 PM PDT by californian by choice (Who are those who believe in science?)
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To: artichokegrower

The parade will inspire many young people to join the military. A great recruiting event.


11 posted on 06/13/2025 7:30:59 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell.k and Trump <p>)
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To: artichokegrower

What is the marginal/incremental cost of this?


12 posted on 06/13/2025 7:31:39 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: jimwatx

Army’s 250th birthday comes at another time?


13 posted on 06/13/2025 7:32:12 PM PDT by Bayard
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To: artichokegrower

“Since when are liberals concerned with the cost of anything the government does”

When it can be used against the Republicans.


14 posted on 06/13/2025 7:38:07 PM PDT by BobL
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To: artichokegrower

And how many billions are given to illegals to pay for all their free crap


15 posted on 06/13/2025 7:39:50 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Bayard

No because it comes at same a time we are being drawn into another war. A war that the vast majority of Americans don’t want.


16 posted on 06/13/2025 7:44:52 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: artichokegrower

Gee. $25 million for a parade on the 250th anniversary of the year America was born, or...

$20 million to a nonprofit called Sesame Workshop to produce a show called “Ahlan Simsim Iraq” in an effort to “promote inclusion, mutual respect and understanding across ethnic, religious and sectarian groups.”

Hmm. Which of these should we spend money on? I know the people having a fit about the parade would be wholly onboard with the Sesame Street in Iraq project.


17 posted on 06/13/2025 7:47:19 PM PDT by rlmorel (To Leftists, Conservative Speech is Violence, while they view their Violence as Speech.)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

“...Is it too much for a nation to celebrate its 250th Birthday?...”
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This parade is to the to celebrate the birthday of the Army.

The parade for the birthday of the USA will be next year
and it will be much bigger!


18 posted on 06/13/2025 7:49:28 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: rlmorel

It’s not the birthday of the nation. It’s the army’s birthday. The nations birthday is next year. 1776 to 2026.


19 posted on 06/13/2025 7:51:11 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: rlmorel

see post # 18:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4322945/posts?page=18#18


20 posted on 06/13/2025 7:51:43 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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