parade ground(s)

noun

: a place where troops assemble regularly for parade : a place where parades begin
a military parade ground
Meet me at the parade grounds after the fireworks.

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Other family members watched the festivities from the Major General's Office, which overlooks the parade grounds. — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026 Flagler decided to move the golf course elsewhere, and in 1898, a nine-hole course known as the Royal Palm Country Club opened for play on a 130-acre tract of land once used by Spanish-American war soldiers as a parade ground. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026 The forecast predicted appropriately foul weather for the occasion, and there would be a number of helicopters, of both modern and Vietnam-era vintage, flying over the parade grounds. — Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 The group was then led across the parade grounds on the south end of the building before entering the museum through what will eventually be its entrance. — Tim Speier, Twin Cities, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for parade ground(s)

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