Program - July 14, 2023 Parade
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There are three new features in this 2023 edition. The first concerns the initial line-up. It will feature several of France's partner countries in the Sahel in recent years. An international orchestra, comprising 80 musicians from France and 13 partner countries including Canada and Germany, will set the tone for the parade until the Patrouille de France takes to the stage.
For the first time, military engineers from the Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) will take part in the parade, with a 78-strong detachment. The DGA section will be made up of officers from the armaments corps (armaments engineers, armaments research and technical engineers), armaments commissioners and officers from the armaments gendarmerie.
Finally, the Joinville Battalion, which includes more than 200 top athletes making up the Army of Champions will parade, a year ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The minute-by-minute parade
9:30am: end of the installation of foot and motorized troops on the Étoile/Champs-Élysées site. Inspection of the troops by the general officers commanding the motorized and foot parades.
9:45am: end of Republican Guard honor detachments in Place Charles-de-Gaulle and Place de la Concorde.
10:00 am: arrival of the President of the Republic, avenue de Friedland.
10:15am: Honors paid to the President of the Republic on Place de la Concorde by the Republican Guard's1st and2nd infantry regiments.
10:21am: initial entertainment: international military music.
10:33: Parade of aircraft.
10.44am: Parade of the foreign guest nation (India) and the honored troops (African defense high schools, French defense military high schools and technical training schools).
11:29 a.m.: Parade of helicopters.
11:33: motorized troops march past.
11:47: Parade of mounted troops.
11:51am: Final animation: 80 years of the Resistance medal.
12:05pm: departure of the President of the Republic.
Photo and video: Ettore Riva
Source: https: //www.defense.gouv.fr/14-juillet-2023