Tanks and thousands of troops paraded through the streets of Washington, D.C., for the Army's 250th anniversary on President Donald Trump's birthday.

Dozens of M1 Abrams tanks, M2 Bradley vehicles and Sherman tanks are slowly making their way down the parade route. Many of the military vehicles, including the tanks, traveled from Texas by train and arrived in Washington,

WSJ's senior political correspondent Molly Ball reports from the parade route, where vintage tanks and other military hardware are rolling down Constitution Avenue in Washington.

There are thunderstorms forecast for the weekend, and protesters planning to rain on his military parade, but there’s one piece of good news for Donald Trump on his 79th birthday.

Thousands of soldiers wearing uniforms from the Revolutionary War era to the present, dozens of tanks, military flyovers, parachute jumpers and a special firework display will fill the streets and skies of Washington,

The Army is bringing 28 Abrams tanks to Saturday's parade, each valued at approximately $5 million. Accompanying them will be 28 Bradley fighting vehicles worth $4.5 million each, 28 Stryker infantry carriers and six M109 A7 Paladin self-propelled howitzers.

The Army deleted a video from its social media that showed a tank en route to the June 14 parade on a train car spray-painted with the death threat.

Preparations are underway for a military parade Saturday in Washington, D.C., celebrating the Army's 250th anniversary that is projected to cost $45 million and possibly higher because of possible road damage.