No, I don't favor this idea either, although not for the reasons editorialized in the Washington Post, for example, where the writer explains to us why Trump's idea of a military parade is not like France's Bastille Day parade.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/02/07/why-trumps-military-parade-wont-be-like-the-one-in-france/?utm_term=.26a068b8cfe3
"Rather than sending a message of aggression, French leaders have used their annual parade to also set a pacifist agenda."
Really? A military parade sets a pacifist agenda...? If I recall my history, the French Revolution was not marked by pacifism, nor was the Napoleonic era that followed. It is quite clear that this opinion piece writer is motivated more by disdain for Trump than by any historical facts.