Empty DC office buildings to house Army soldiers for June military parade
The Army will rely on unused federal office space, including at the Department of Agriculture and the General Services Administration, to house an estimated 6,600 soldiers coming to Washington, D.C., on June 14 for its 250th birthday celebration.
Army officials told ABC News the soldiers will be sleeping on Army-issued cots inside empty federal office buildings.
The Army is also considering putting up some soldiers in buildings near Arlington National Cemetery and at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia.
"This will not displace any federal workers," Army spokeswoman Heather J. Hagan said.
Soldiers from every Army division were expected to begin arriving in the Capital on June 12, although Hagan said arrivals and departures would depend upon each individual unit.
-ABC News' Anne Flaherty







