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Designating an event an NSSE allows for significant resources from the federal government, as well as state and local partners, to be used to ensure a robust security plan is in place. This page will provide public safety information, road closures, and restrictions related to this event. For information about the US Army's th celebration, please visit their website.

Those looking to view the parade must enter through the following magnetometer checkpoints:. Due to extensive road closures and parking restrictions, attendees are encouraged to use MetroRail service to access these events. The Metrorail system will be offering normal Saturday service.

Due to the parade route and security perimeter, the following Metrobuses will have detours or delays: 3F, 3Y, 11Y, 16E, 31, 32, 36, 42, 43, 52, 59, 63, 64, 70, 74, 79, N2, N4, P6, S2. Customers are encouraged to download the MetroPulse App for real-time information for all rail and bus service.

To accommodate aircraft flyovers along the parade route, followed by a fireworks display, the Federal Aviation Administration is expected to suspend airline operations at DCA — affecting scheduled flights. Customers with flight reservations for the evening of June 14 should when the status of their flights directly with parade airline.

For more information, please visit the Reagan National airport website. With respect to signs and placards, the USSS has determined that security concerns require that these items be limited to items made of cardboard, poster board or cloth. As noted above, we are asking that supports for signs and placards be prohibited as these items may be used as a means of concealing weapons or as weapons themselves.

It does not include signs meeting the size and material restrictions, portable bullhorns, baby carriages, baby strollers, wheelchairs and other devices for individuals with a disability. Nor does the prohibition extend to structures that are when of being moved or relocated for the duration of the NSSE that are in place sufficiently in advance of the event that they are subject to inspection and clearance by the USSS before the public is admitted to the area.

These restrictions are similar to the restrictions on the size, physical composition and use of signs, placards and structures on the White House sidewalk set forth in 36 CFR 7. In support of public safety and traffic control, this event will require several streets in and around the parade route and National Mall to be closed to traffic.

Parking restrictions will also be in effect. Details on these closures are provided in this news release. A map of the affected area is included below and available for download. The following detour for people riding bikes provides access from the 14th Street Bridge to the 15th Street, NW, protected bike lane north of the enhanced security zone.

Bicyclists may experience parade closures or detours.

Parade Schedule

From the 14th Street Bridge, bicyclists can continue to the 15th Street, NW protected bike lane by follow this detour:. From the 15th Street, NW protected bike lanes, bicyclists can continue to the 14th Street Bridge by follow this detour :. A temporary security zone in accordance with CFR 33 Part The Washington Channel will remain open to all vessel traffic.

From 2 PM on June 13,to 1 PM on June 14,if law enforcement vessels are present, mariners may need to seek permission to enter the zone by contacting the Captain of the Port via VHF-marine band radio channel 16 On June 14,from 1 PM until 10PM, no persons or vessels will be cleared to operate within or in the immediate vicinity of this zone.

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