to celebrate the
Federation of Australia in January 1901 The first parades date back to , for religious or
military purposes. The
Babylonians celebrated
Akitu by parading their deities and performing rituals. To celebrate the federal government's victory in the
American Civil War, 145,000
Union soldiers marched in a two-day
Grand Review of the Armies in
Washington, D.C. They passed before the President, the Cabinet, and senior officers from May 23–24, 1865. During the Allied liberation of Europe towards the end of
WWII in 1944–45, "victory parades" were a common feature throughout the recently liberated territories. For example, on 3 September 1944, the personnel of the
2nd Canadian Infantry Division marched six abreast to the music of massed regimental pipe and drum bands through the streets of
Dieppe, France, to commemorate the liberation of the city from German occupation, as well as commemorate the loss of over 900 soldiers from that formation during the
Dieppe Raid two years earlier. On the
Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 held in
Moscow,
Soviet Union in June 1945, the
Red Army commemorated
Victory in Europe with a parade and the ceremonial destruction of captured
Wehrmacht and
Waffen-SS standards. ==Parade float==