Parade route for moving Vietnam Wall announced

Map courtesy of American Legion Post #24

The Vietnam Moving Wall arrives in Columbus on Thursday. Organizers say that a parade will be held taking the wall throughout the city prior to it being set up at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds. Susan Thayer Fye, spokeswoman for the Moving Vietnam Wall Committee, says that the parade group is meeting at Sam’s Club on the west side of Columbus at 8 a.m. with the parade to begin at 9 a.m.

The parade is scheduled to take the following route:
East on State Road 46, following Second Street north on Central Avenue to 10th Street;
Right turn on 10th Street to National Road;
The parade will head left on National Road, turning left onto 25th Street;
At Washington Street, the processional will turn left and travel through downtown Columbus;
At Third Street, turn right and follow to the fairgrounds.

The Moving Vietnam Wall goes on display at noon and will remain at the fairgrounds through 10 a.m. on July 31st.