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One wrong calls in to question all others;
President Dwight Eisenhower's 1953 inaugural parade included 22,000 military service members. The marchers were joined by a cannon capable of firing a nuclear warhead. It was "the most elaborate inaugural pageant every held," according to the Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum.
Read more: The History of Military Parades in the U.S. | Smart News | Smithsonian
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