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Venezuelan Army Day (Dia del Ejercito Nacional Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a Venezuelan public holiday held annually every June 24 in celebration of the anniversary of the victory won by independence forces against the Spanish Army in the Battle of Carabobo (1821), the final great land victory of the Spanish American wars of independence in Venezuelan lands, fought in what is now Independencia Parish, Libertador Municipality, Carabobo. It is one of the great holidays held in the military calendar of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela, which considers the Carabobo victory the penultimate of the great victories won in the Venezuelan War of Independence, which would last 2 more years until the naval victory in the 1823 Battle of Lake Maracaibo.

The secular military celebrations of June 24 also coincide with the summer solstice and the Christian solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (St. John's Day).

Brief history
The victory in Carabobo cost the lives of 300 Venezuelan and Colombian servicemen, including Colonels Thomas Ferrier (of the British Legions) and Ambrosio Plaza and Brigadier General Juan Manuel Cedeno, and such a victory would be honored by the nation beginning in 1886, during the presidency of Joaquín Crespo, when the Venezuelan Army's first military parade of the holiday was held.

In 1921, to mark the centennial anniversary of the victory of Carabobo, the Carabobo Field Complex was formally inaugrated in the presence of President Victorino Márquez Bustillos and the then Commanding General of the Army Juan Vicente Gómez in Independencia Parish, located meters away from the actual grounds where the battle was fought. The main highlight of the inauguration was the opening of the Carabobo Triumphial Arch and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Arch, made in granite, symbolized the victorious advance of the more than 8,000 strong army of independence forces against the Spanish Army in the highlands of Carabobo. That year's celebrations would be the first in which aviation took part. In 1931, as part of the centennial of Simón Bolívar's death, the Altar of the Fatherland located in the vicinity of the Arch was opened by then president Gomez, also to mark the 110th year of the battle and the 101st anniversary of separation from Gran Colombia.

In 1939, president Eleazar López Contreras signed a Presidential Decree designating June 24 as Venezuelan Army Day, and among others, made it very clear that the traditional parade was to be a part of the celebrations of the Carabobo victory:

"ARTICLE 2: In honor of the victory won in the battle of Carabobo the hosting of an annual parade of the National Armed Forces every June 24 in honor of the Unknown Soldier buried in the Carabobo Field is hereby decreed as a experession of gratitude and recognition to that solder representing those who have fallen in this battle."

A decade later, the status of the holiday was reaffirmed by Presidential Decree by COL Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.

The Champ de Mars of the Carabobo Field Complex, where the parades of the modern era have been held, was only opened in the 1950s during the Marcos Perez Jimenez administration, which made significant improvements to the area around the Triumphial Arch. The main road of this part of the complex is a wide concrete road in which a grandstand stands besides it in the middle of the Champ de Mars complex, which is used during the semiannual parade. The road is where the more than 12,000 strong marching contingent marches during the years wherein the parades where held. The Champ de Mars has been improved over the years by subsequent presidencies, seeing the importance of the Field as the place where independence had been finally won.

In 1961 the Carabobo Complex was declared a National Monument.

In 2021, to mark the bicentennial of the victory in Carabobo the Field Complex was renovated, and opened on June 23, the eve of the anniversary, with a new group of monuments to honor the heroes and martyrs of the battle.

Venue - Carabobo Champ de Mars
The main road of the Carabobo Field Complex, which begins with the Altar of the Fatherland and ends just meters away from another monument featuring a colour guard bearing the national and Army flags, was built in the 1950s to serve as a parade ground and Champ de Mars during the annual commemorative parade and its related activities.