Imperial Victory Parade

Imperial Victory Parade Դեսֆիլե դե լա'Վիծտորիա Իմպերիալ Desfile de la'Victoria Imperial
Soldiers at the 2015 Imperial Victory Parade
Status	Active
Genre	Military parade
Date(s)	30 September
Frequency	Annual
Venue	Supreme Caudillo Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno Imperial Parade Grounds
Location(s)	San Salvador
Country	Creeperopolis
Years active	Since 1949 (1949)
Inaugurated	25 December 1949
Previous event	30 September 2024
Next event	30 September 2025
Participants	Creeperian Armed Forces
Organized by	Ministry of Defense

The Imperial Victory Parade (Creeperian: Դեսֆիլե դե լա'Վիծտորիա Իմպերիալ / Desfile de la'Victoria Imperial), also known as the 30 September Victory Parade and sometimes shortened to simply the Victory Parade, is a military parade of the Creeperian Armed Forces held annually on 30 September. The parade commemorates the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council's (Imperial Council) victory in the Creeperian Civil War (1933–1949) and involves units from all four branches of the Creeperian Armed Forces: the army, navy, air force, and imperial guard.

Purpose

According to the Promulgation Regarding the Imperial Victory, a law passed by the Cortes Generales (the legislature of Creeperopolis) on 8 October 1949, the purpose of the Imperial Victory Parade is to commemorate "the heroic victory of the Empire, the Church, and the Creeperian people over anti-patriotic conspiracy of Democracy, Communism, and National Atheism" ("լա'վիծտորիա հերօիծա դել Իմպերիո, լա'Իգլեսիա, յել պփեբլո Ծրեեպերիանո սոբրե լա'ծոնսպիրածիօն դե լա'Դեմոծրածիա, ել Ծոմuնիսմո, յել Ատեձսմո Նածիոնալ").

Critical analysis

Political scientists, historians, and journalists have frequently criticized the Imperial Victory Parade as being militaristic government propaganda and a show of force rather than a genuine commemoration of the civil war's end. Quebecshirite Surian histories professor Adélaïde Pueyrredón wrote that the parade was an "annual show of military force" ("démonstration annuelle de la force militaire") to "propagate the 'strength' of Romerism" ("propager la « force » du romérisme").

History

The first Imperial Victory Parade was held on 25 December 1949, just under three months following the end of the civil war. Creeperian emperor Romero I chose the date as it fell on Christmas—the traditional date of the birth of Jesus in Creeperian Catholicism—to symbolize the National Catholic victory over National Atheism. The 1949 Imperial Victory Parade was the largest ever held, involving over 55,000 soldiers, 500 tanks, 1,500 other military vehicles, and 200 aircraft. Around National Council 2,000 prisoners of war were also paraded and 34 high-ranking National Council government officials and military officers were publicly executed, the only time executions occurred at the parade.

After the 1949, parade, every subsequent parade was held annually on 30 September, the date the civil war ended.

See also

• Military parades in Creeperopolis