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U.S. Army @USArmy - Are you coming to our Birthday Festival and Parade on Saturday?
Make sure to read
@DCPoliceDept's metro, road closure, and safety advisory below! ⤵
-Metro Service
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.
For those heading to the National Mall for the festival, customers are advised to use other Metro stations including L’Enfant Plaza, Federal Center SW, or Archives Navy Memorial to access the area.
At the Smithsonian Station, due to the security perimeter for the Festival on the National Mall, the Mall Entrance at Jefferson Drive for Smithsonian Station will be closed. The station will still be available to customers through Independence Avenue at 12 Street SW.
For those viewing the parade, customers may use Farragut West, Farragut North, Federal Triangle, and Archives Navy Memorial to access check points.
Due to the parade route and security perimeter, the following Metrobuses will have detours or delays: 7A, 10A, 16A, 16C, 16E, 22A, 32, 36, 70, 79, P6
Customers are encouraged to download the MetroPulse App for real-time information for all rail and bus service.
- Reagan National Airport
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 check the status of their flights directly with their airline.
For more information, please visit the Reagan National airport website.
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- Prohibited Items List
The following items are prohibited within NSSE venues:
- Aerosols
- Ammunition
- Animals other than service/guide animals
- Backpacks, bags, and soft-sided coolers exceeding size restrictions (18” x 13” x 7”)
- Bicycles
- Balloons
- Hard-sided coolers of any size
- Drones and other unmanned aircraft systems
- Explosives
- Firearms
- Flammable liquids
- Folding Chairs or Camp Chairs
- Glass, thermal or metal containers
- Knives
- Laser pointers
- Mace/Pepper spray
- Multitools (Leatherman, Gerber, etc.)
- Packages
- Range Finder
- Razors
- Recreational motorized mobility devices
- Selfie Sticks
- Signs exceeding size restrictions (20’ x 3’ x 1/4”)
- Structures
- Supports for signs and placards
- Toy guns
- Tripods and monopods
- Umbrellas (umbrellas without metal tips will be permitted)
- Weapons of any kind
- Any other items determined to be potential safety hazards
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.
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