List of Festa della Repubblica by event from 1946

This is a list of the Festa della Repubblica ceremonies in Rome, from 1946 to the present. The first Festa della republica military Parade took place on 2 June 1948.^[1]^[2] In 1976, no parade or ceremony was held at the Altar of the Fatherland following the disastrous earthquake that struck Friuli on 6 May. Since 2003, in some years, the military parade has had a specific theme.

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Year	Date	Themes		Anniversary	President	Remarks
Year	Date	Italian	English	Anniversary	President	Remarks
1946	Sun 2 June	No themes		0 anniversary	Enrico De Nicola	There were no parades because there was an institutional referendum to decide which form of state – monarchy or republic – to give to the country.^[3] Enrico De Nicola was elected provisional head of state by the Constituent Assembly on 28 June 1946 and held this office from 1 July of the same year to 31 December 1947.
1947	Mon 2 June	No themes		1st anniversary	Enrico De Nicola	On the occasion of first celebration of Festa della Repubblica and anniversary of the referendum that established the Republic Enrico De Nicola goes to the Chamber of Deputies acclaimed by the crowd^[4]. First time the Fiat 2800 was used, which would be used until 1960.
1948	Wed 2 June	No themes		2nd anniversary	Luigi Einaudi	First and only time laying of a laurel wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Altar of the Fatherland had to wait until 1955 to restore it. It was the only time that Einaudi laying of a laurel wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier^[5]
1949	Wed 1 June			3th anniversary		First military parade in Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome and Einaudi's first military parade settled on 12 May 1948^[6]. In that year, 2 June was definitively declared a national holiday and Italy joined NATO
1950	Fri 2 June			4th anniversary		The parade was included in the protocol of celebrations for the Festa della Repubblica, which takes place along Via dei Fori Imperiali, has become a regular feature of the June 2 celebrations. It saw the participation of various components of the armed forces and other state bodies. On that occasion, President Luigi Einaudi reviewed the troops from a car. The parade included parades of military academics, navy, air force, and other armed forces. After the parade, a historical carousel was performed by mounted Carabinieri.
1951	Sat 2 June			5th anniversary
1952	Mon 2 June			6th anniversary
1953	Tue 2 June			7th anniversary
1954	Wen 2 June			8th anniversary		Last military parade of Luigi Einaudi ends his term on 11 May 1955
1955	Thu 2 June			9th anniversary	Giovanni Gronchi	First military parade of Giovanni Gronchi settled on 11 May 1955. In that year the laying of a wreath to the Unknown Soldier at the Altar of the Fatherland was reinstated and will be maintained permanently together with the military parade^[7].
1956	Sat 2 June			10th anniversary		The parade was dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic
1957	Sun 2 June	No themes		11st anniversary
1958	Mon 2 June			12nd anniversary
1959	Tue 2 June			13th anniversary		First time ALE (Aviazione dell'Esercito) aircraft are taking part in the military parade
1960	Thu 2 June			14th anniversary		It was the last time that the Fiat 2800 was used as a presidential car and it was replaced by the Flaminia 335
1961	Sun 11 June			15th anniversary		The military parade did not take place on 2 June and not in Rome in Via dei Fori Imperiali as traditionally, but it was postponed to 11 June to celebrate of the centenary of Italian unificationin at Corso Duca degli Abruzzi in Turin, the first capital (1861-1865), and for the Expo 61^[8]. Last military parade of Giovanni Gronchi ends his term on 11 May 1962
1962	Sat 2 June			16th anniversary	Antonio Segni	First military parade of Antonio Segni settled on 11 May 1962. First time the Lancia Flaminia "335" Presidenziale was used and it will be used in subsequent parades.
1963	Sun 2 June Mon 4 November			17th anniversary		On 2 June of that year the traditional parade was not held, but a laurel wreath was placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier^[9] due to the death of Pope John XXIII, who died the next day, and was postponed to 4 November of that year^[10].
1964	Tue 2 June			18th anniversary		Last military parade of Antonio Segni before his resignation on 6 December 1964 after his Cerebral thrombosis on 7 August 1964
1965	Wen 2 June			19th anniversary	Giuseppe Saragat	For the 50th anniversary of Italy's entry into the First World War was also commemorated. Specifically, Italy officially began military operations in World War I on 24 May 1915. The banners of the suppressed military units that took part in the World War I also participated in the main celebration of Rome; the first cannon shot fired by Fort Verena, on the Asiago plateau, towards the Austrian fortresses located on the Vezzena Plain: to the first infantry of the Royal Italian Army that crossed the border is dedicated the first stanza of La Leggenda del Piave. First military parade of Giuseppe Saragat settled on 29 December 1964
1966	Thu 2 June			20th anniversary		The parade was dedicated to the twentieth anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic
1967	Fri 2 June	No themes		21st anniversary
1968	Sat 2 June			22nd anniversary
1969	Sun 2 June			23th anniversary
1970	Tue 2 June			24th anniversary
1971	Wen 2 June			25th anniversary		Last military parade of Giuseppe Saragat ends his term on 29 December 1971
1972	Thu 2 June			26th anniversary	Giovanni Leone	First military parade of Giovanni Leone settled on 29 December 1971
1973	Sat 2 June			27th anniversary
1974	Sun 2 June			28th anniversary
1975	Mon 2 June			29th anniversary		For the thirtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, in 1975, some Flag Groups of the formations, regular and otherwise, that had participated in the War of Liberation were introduced into the parade structure, together with the Gonfalons of the cities decorated with the Gold Medal for Military Valor. Last military parade before his elimination in 1977
1976	Wen 2 June	No themes		30th anniversary	Giovanni Leone	The military parade was not organized following the disastrous earthquake of Friuli and replaced by a wreath-laying ceremony at the Unknown Soldier

1977	Sun 5 June			31st anniversary		First Festa della Repubblica not celebrated with its traditional parade due to the severe economic crisis that gripped Italy in the 1970s, in order to contain state and social costs, Law No. 54 of March 5, 1977, made Republic Day a "movable feast" and moved it to the first Sunday in June, thus eliminating June 2 as a public holiday. The ceremony was held in Piazza Venezia, with a Brigade of 43 companies representing all armed and non-armed forces and corps of the state and it remained traditional wreath-laying ceremony at the Unknown Soldier^[11].

1978	Sun 4 June			32nd anniversary	Ceremony at the Altare della Patria - Laying of a laurel wreath by the Head of State at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier. Last ceremony at the Altare della Patria of Giovanni Leone before his resignation on 15 June 1978 after Lockheed scandals. The previous months were difficult following the Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro and Acca Larentia killings (7 January) the killings of magistrate Riccardo Palma (14 February), Public security Marshal Rosario Berardi (10 March), Lorenzo Cutugno (11 April), Francesco Di Cataldo (20 April) by Red Brigades, the Killing of Fausto and Iaio (18 March) by probably far-right elements and the murder of Peppino Impastato by Cosa Nostra, his body was found on the same day that Aldo Moro was found on 9 May. In the following months, between August and October, three popes succeeded one another: Paul VI, who died on August 6, the election and death of John Paul I, and the election of John Paul II. It's known as the L'Anno dei Tre Papi and still the killings of the commander of the Udine prison Antonio Santoro (6 June) by Cesare Battisti, Police commissioner Antonio Esposito (21 June), the magistrate Girolamo Tartaglione (10 October) by Red Brigades, also the murder of graduate Ivo Zini by NAR and Chief Prosecutor of Frosinone Fedele Calvosa (8 November) by Formazioni comuniste combattenti, on 23 December the Alitalia Flight 4128. It was a difficult year for Italy

1979	Sun 3 June			33th anniversary	Sandro Pertini	First ceremony at the Altare della Patria - Laying of a laurel wreath of Sandro Pertini settled on 9 July 1978

1980	Sun 1 June	34th anniversary	The previous months were difficult following murder of Christian Democrat president of the Sicilian Region, Piersanti Mattarella by Cosa Nostra, the assassination of vice president of the CSM and university professor Vittorio Bachelet by the Red Brigades, the assassination of judge Guido Galli by the Prima Linea and the murder of journalist of the Corriere della Sera Walter Tobagi by the Brigata XXVIII marzo, on 28 March Via Fracchia massacre. In the following months were very difficult, twenty-six days later Ustica massacre, next month Libyan Air Force MiG-23 crash, in August the Bologna massacre, in November Curinga train disaster and two days after Irpinia earthquake. It was a difficult year for Italy

1981	Sun 7 June	35th anniversary
1982	Sun 6 June	36th anniversary
1983	Sun 5 June	No themes		37th anniversary	Sandro Pertini	The military parade was reinserted, after five years, in the official ceremony of the main celebration of Rome in that year the Festa della Repubblica was organized on the first Sunday of June between the Aventine and Porta San Paolo to commemorate the Resistance to the German occupation of the city of Rome during the World War II
1984	Sun 3 June			38th anniversary		The parade return to Via dei Fori Imperiali.
1985	Sun 2 June			39th anniversary		The parade took place between Via dei Cerchi and the Baths of Caracalla. Last military parade of Sandro Pertini before his courtesy resignation on 29 June 1985 to allow the installation of his successor, already elected
1986	Sun 1 June			40th anniversary	Francesco Cossiga	The parade return to Via dei Fori Imperiali. First military parade of Francesco Cossiga settled on 3 July 1985. The parade was dedicated to the fortieth anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic
1987	Sun 7 June			41st anniversary
1988	Sun 5 June			42nd anniversary
1989	Sun 4 June	No themes		43th anniversary	Francesco Cossiga	The military parade was eliminated again; in its place, the traditional Laying of a laurel wreath by the Head of State at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier at Altare della Patria and a historical exhibition was organized in Piazza di Siena in Rome

1990	Sun 3 June			44th anniversary		The ceremony was held only in Piazza Venezia the following year as well.

1991	Sun 2 June			45th anniversary	Last military parade of Francesco Cossiga before his courtesy resignation on 28 April 1992 to allow the installation of his successor, already elected

1992	Sun 7 June			46th anniversary	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro	The celebration of the Festa della Repubblica was limited exclusively, again, to the ceremony at the Altare della Patria. First celebration of Oscar Luigi Scalfaro settled on 28 May 1992. Five days earlier was killed by Sicilian Mafia magistrate Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three police escort agents, the Capaci bombing, and the following month, 19 July, the magistrate and Falcone's friend, Paolo Borsellino, was also killed by the Mafia and five members of his police escort, the Via D'Amelio bombing. The bomb exploded while he was walking to the entrance gate where his at mother lived and on 12 March Salvatore Lima was killed by Sicilian Mafia. It was a difficult year for Italy

1993	Wen 2 June			47th anniversary		The ceremony at the Altare della Patria it was held on 2 June^[12], but not as a holiday, which had to wait until 2001.

1994	Thu 2 June			48th anniversary

1995	Fri 2 June	49th anniversary
1996	Sun 2 June	50th anniversary	The ceremony at the Altare della Patria was dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic^[13]
1997	Mon 2 June	51st anniversary
1998	Tue 2 June	52nd anniversary	Last ceremony at the Altare della Patria of Oscar Luigi Scalfaro before his resignation on 15 May 1999
1999	Wen 2 June	53th anniversary	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	First ceremony at the Altare della Patria of Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Last ceremony before the restoration of the historic military parade
2000	Fri 2 June Sun 4 June	No themes		54th anniversary	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	The ceremony at the Altare della Patria it was held on 2 June^[14] and two after, 4 june, the first parade of Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, who had strongly wanted the return of the parade, and last celebrated on the first Sunday of June^[15]
2001	Sat 2 June			55th anniversary		First parade celebrated on 2 June after its reinstatement by law no. 336 of 20 November 2000 after twenty-four years of suspension
2002	Sun 2 June			56th anniversary
2003	Mon 2 June	Le forze armate nel sistema di sicurezza internazionale per il progresso pacifico e democratico dei popoli	The armed forces in the international security system for the peaceful and democratic progress of peoples	57th anniversary		First military parade with specific theme
2004	Thu 2 June	Le forze armate per la Patria	The Armed Forces for the Fatherland	58th anniversary
2005	Tue 2 June	-	-	59th anniversary		Last military parade of Carlo Azeglio Ciampi before his courtesy resignation on 15 May 2006 to allow the installation of his successor, already elected on 15 May 2006
2006	Fri 2 June	-	-	60th anniversary	Giorgio Napolitano	First military parade of Giorgio Napolitano settled on 15 May 2006. The parade was dedicated to the sixtieth anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic
2007	Sat 2 June	-	-	61st anniversary
2008	Mon 2 June	La Repubblica e le Sue Forze Armate	The Republic and its Armed Forces	62nd anniversary
2009	Thu 2 June	La Repubblica e le Sue Forze Armate	The Republic and its Armed Forces	63th anniversary		The parade was dedicated to the L'Aquila earthquake victims
2010	Wen 2 June	La Repubblica e le sue forze armate impegnate in missioni di pace	The Republic and its armed forces engaged in peacekeeping	64th anniversary
2011	Tue 2 June	150º anniversario dell'Unità d'Italia	150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy	65th anniversary		At the parade, beyond the historic flags of Italy, the Tricolore di Oliosi also paraded. The historic flag, which paraded on a cannon carriage, dates back to the third Italian war of independence (1866) and was heroically saved in Oliosi, now a hamlet of the municipality of Castelnuovo del Garda, from capture by Austrian troops during the battle of Custoza.
2012	Sat 2 June	Le Forze Armate al servizio del Paese	The Armed Forces at the service of the country	66th anniversary		The parade was dedicated to the earthquake victims of Emilia
2013	Sun 2 June	-	-	67th anniversary		The parade was dedicated to the "social question" of families and businesses in difficulty
2014	Mon 2 June	-	-	68th anniversary		the parade was dedicated at the start of the semester of the Italian Presidency of the European Council. Last military parade of Giorgio Napolitano before his resignation on 14 January 2015
2015	Thu 2 June	Forze Armate: garanzia di sicurezza e difesa	Armed Forces: guarantee of security and defense	69th anniversary	Sergio Mattarella	the parade was dedicated on the centenary of the Italian victory in the Great War. The first military parade of Sergio Mattarella was held on 3 February 2015
2016	Tue 2 June	70 anni di Repubblica! L'Italia guarda al futuro	70 years of the Republic! Italy looks to the future	70th anniversary		The parade was dedicated to the seventieth anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic. First parade with the mayors representing 8000 Italian municipalities
2017	Fri 2 June	-	-	71st anniversary		The tenor singer Andrea Bocelli sang the Italian national anthem at the conclusion of the parade, is the first time a singer sang the Il Canto degli Itliani at the parade
2018	Sat 2 June	-	-	72nd anniversary		First time an Italian Army paratrooper landed in front of the presidential rostrum after flying over Via dei Fori Imperiali, unfurling a 400 m² Italian flag
2019	Sun 2 June	Inclusione	Inclusion	73th anniversary
2020	Thu 2 June	No themes		74th anniversary	Sergio Mattarella	Public event cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the celebration and speech by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella were held in Codogno, a municipality where the first confirmed outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy had been recorded just over three months earlier
		No themes			Sergio Mattarella
2021	Wen 2 June	75th anniversary	Public event cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak Sergio Mattarella laid a laurel wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Altar of the Fatherland for the first time, after twenty-two years the last ceremony at the Altare della Patria was in 1999
2022	Tue 2 June	Insieme per la difesa della pace	Together for the defense of peace	76th anniversary	Sergio Mattarella	The military parade returns after the COVID-19 pandemic and return of the Italian Army paratrooper with the 400 m² Italian flag. The operatic pop trio Il Volo sang the Italian national anthem
2023	Fri 2 June	Italiani: un patrimonio di valori per la Repubblica	Italians: a heritage of values for the Republic	77th anniversary		First time Italian Paralympic Committee are taking part in the military parade. The soprano opera singer Eleonora Buratto sang the Italian national anthem
2024	Sun 2 June	Al servizio del Paese	At the service of the country	78th anniversary		The singer Claudio Baglioni sang the Italian national anthem. Showered by heavy rain
2025	Mon 2 June	A difesa della Repubblica, al servizio del Paese	In defence of the Republic, at the service of the country	79th anniversary		The singer Arisa sang the Italian national anthem

List of Festa della Repubblica by event from 1946

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