Veterans Day 2012 in Mesa, Arizona
The annual East Valley Veterans Parade will honor our nation’s veterans Monday, Nov. 12 at 11 a.m. The parade was formerly known as the Mesa Veterans Day Parade, but the Military Veterans Parade Association renamed the event last year to include and recognize participants from neighboring towns.
This year’s theme is “Honoring Our Veterans and Military, One Parade at a Time,” which celebrates all that our veterans have contributed and sacrificed for our freedom. The parade will feature more than 100 entries including military support groups, high school marching bands, east valley city and town dignitaries, Girl and Boy Scout troops and many other organizations and groups. The parade will also include military vehicles such as World War II equipment and Charlie Chopper, a Vietnam era helicopter.
More than 30,000 spectators are expected to attend and participate in the parade and festivities while approximately 1,800 will actually participate in the parade.
A fly-over by the Commemorative Air Force’s B-17 and several other historic aircraft will mark the start of the parade at 11 a.m. sharp.
The parade will begin on Center Street at 3rd Place in Mesa and continue south on Center Street to 1st Avenue.
The following streets are scheduled to be closed for the parade:
8:30 a.m.·
- Center Street – 1st Avenue to Broadway·
- Center Street – Northbound Main Street to 1st Street.
- Southbound right lane closed for bleacher set up·
- 2nd Avenue – Center Street to Sirrine
9:30 a.m.·
- Center Street – University to Main·
- 1st Street – Macdonald to Centennial Way·
- 2nd Street – Macdonald to Center·
- 3rd Place – Macdonald to Centennial Way
10 a.m.·
- Center Street – 1st Avenue to Main Street·
- 1st Avenue – Macdonald to Sirrine·
- Main Street – Country Club to Mesa Drive (local access from Country Club to Macdonald and from Mesa Drive to Sirrine)
Through traffic will be detoured at Country Club and at Mesa Drive to University and Broadway. All streets should reopen to traffic by 1 p.m.
The City of Mesa offices will be closed in observance of Veterans Day. The closure includes libraries and recreation centers.
Trash and recycle barrels will be on the normal collection schedule. Residents should have their containers out no later than 6 a.m. The Mesa Arts Center and administrative offices will be closed. The Arizona Museum of Natural History and Arizona Museum for Youth will also be closed. The Dobson Ranch Golf Course will be open. All bus and light rail routes will operate on a Sunday/holiday schedule.
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