Readers respond to Question of the Week:

Your thoughts on Trump’s parade?

Military parade

I made a special effort to record the military parade so I could watch all of it. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Most nations have military parades. It is unfortunate that the liberals deliberately had their ridiculous “No Kings” demonstrations to distract from this momentous parade to our men and women in the Army.

— Robert Jinkens, Newport Beach

Honoring the U.S. Army

I was 8 years old when the U.S. Army won WWII and America celebrated it in every town and every state. People cheered, waved Old Glory and paraded down main streets.

The world was war-torn and in shambles and the United States was unscathed because of the U.S. Army. At the end of the war America was the most powerful and richest country in the history of mankind because of the U.S. Army.

Now, in today’s time, only a couple of the media covered the parade and the major media didn’t cover the parade at all. And some American citizens even protested it. It was a shameful display of disrespect and showed the lack of patriotism in America today. The U.S. Army parade exposed just how troubled the times are in the United States of America.

— John Seibert, Laguna Niguel

Army’s anniversary parade

The newspaper calls the Army’s 250th anniversary parade the “Trump parade” and reports on it almost exclusively in terms of the ridiculous “No Kings” protests. There was probably more public money funneled through NGOs to fund these protests that was spent on this modest acknowledgment of our Army’s 250 years of service. I would have hoped you could have stopped the “Orange Man Bad” broken record long enough to spare a few kind words for our Army and the many soldiers who gave their lives for us, but no.

— Russ Neal, Huntington Beach

250th Army celebration

Wonderful honor for our armed forces. My father was in WWII, 3rd Armored Division-Spearhead under Omar Bradley. Great to see Sherman tanks that he drove in battle. This was especially special the day before Father’s Day. Miss you, Dad.

— Herman D. Alcaraz, Santa Ana