WATCH: Crowd sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to Trump at US Army’s 250th anniversary parade

As President Donald Trump closed his remarks and invited first lady Melania Trump to the dais along U S in downtown Washington the assembled crowd of thousands began an impromptu rendition of Happy Birthday The president who turned Saturday smiled and paused as the melodizing gave way to a young Army officer approaching with a folded U S flag The officer presented Trump the flag on behalf of the U S Army Golden Knights and reported it had flown over the Capitol earlier in the day to commemorate the nation s oldest military branch TRUMP CELEBRATES US' LONG HISTORY OF GIVING FOREIGN ENEMIES HELL AT MASSIVE MILITARY PARADETrump had received blowback mostly from the left for holding the Army commemoration with critics pointing out it also fell on his birthday I m horrified by the parade because this is not about honoring our military Sen Adam Schiff D-Calif a frequent Trump critic disclosed on a latest podcast It s a military vanity show for a president who s long craved to have tanks rolling down the streets of our nation s capital HEADING TO TRUMP S MILITARY PARADE HERE S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOWRep Steve Cohen D-Tenn also not long ago drafted the HAPPY BIRTHDAY Budget Act which would prohibit taxpayer dollars for such celebrations CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPDuring the parade Vice President JD Vance noted that Saturday was his and second lady Usha Vance s wedding anniversary It is also Flag Day the date in when the Continental Congress adopted Betsy Ross Stars and Stripes flag