Feast of June 2: the history of the military parade at the Imperial Forums. Since its first edition in 1948, the review of 2 June has accompanied and interpreted those values of freedom, democracy and peaceful coexistence, so painfully conquered. A sign of faith in the future and in the desire for rebirth that once again permeated the whole nation. On that June 2, the Armed forces became an instrument of that sentiment, with a tangible dimension: a joint deployment in front of theAltar of the Fatherland.
The military parade
In the Review of June 2, 1948, the then President of the Republic Luigi Einaudi, in receiving the greetings of Department flags deployed, he symbolically assumed command of the Armed Forces. As established by article 87 of the new Constitutional Charter. The first parade of 1948 was organized to celebrate the second anniversary of the Republic. For the occasion Piazza Venezia, in front of the Altare della Patria, nine regiments of theArmyand Marina,aeronautics. And, again, gods Carabinieri together with Bersaglieri of the 3rd regiment, artillery, To tanks, To soldiers on horseback. In 1949, the year of entry of theItaly of NATO, 10 of them took place simultaneously in as many cities, including Pordenone, Latina and L'Aquila.
In 1950, however, for the first time the parade was included in the protocol of the celebrations for the Republic Day. And, in 1961, the centenary of unification, it also took place in Turin and Florence, the first capitals of united Italy. In 1965, to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Italy's entry into the First World War, a Flags group made up of the banners of the Units that had taken part in the Great War. On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, in 1975, some Flag Groups of regular and non-regular formations were introduced into the structure of the parade. All veterans of the War of Liberation, together with the Gonfalons of the decorated cities of Gold Medal for Military Valor.
June 2 party
The following year, due to the earthquake in Friuli, the parade was suspended and replaced by a deposition of the wreath at the The Unknown Soldier. While in 1977 the ceremony in Piazza Venezia was opted for, with a Brigade made up of 43 companies representing all the armed and non-armed forces and bodies of the state. Reasons of austerity suggested the suspension of the event from 1978 to 1982. Only in 1983 was the parade resumed, on the Aventine - Porta San Paolo itinerary, on the first Sunday of June. Since 2016, the mayors representing 8.000 Italian municipalities have opened the parade. After two years of suspension due to the pandemic emergency, since last year the traditional parade on via dei Fori Imperiali has returned to characterize the celebrations of 2 June.
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