Vietnam Vet wall procession through Pasco starts at 3 p.m.

A procession to escort the traveling version of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to Pasco’s City View Cemetery begins at 3 p.m. today.

It starts at Road 36 and proceeds south to West Sylvester Street, then jogs south on North 10th Avenue and east on West Lewis Street before turning north on North Oregon Avenue.

The parade will disrupt traffic and transit bus routes from Road 36 to the cemetery.

Pasco is bringing the American Veterans Traveling Tribute— an 80-percent scale replica of the Maya Lin-designed Vietnam Wall Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. — to the cemetery for the Memorial Day weekend.

The procession is expected to include several hundred motorcyclists and will result in rolling road and intersection closures along the way. Pasco is encouraging people to line the route to welcome the tribute.

Numerous Ben Franklin Transit routes also will be disrupted. Visit bft.org to see the descriptions and detour maps in the Rider Alerts section. All affected stops have been posted with notices of no service from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., said transit officials.

Once assembled, the memorial will be open 24 hours for public view from 1 p.m. Thursday to 3 p.m. May 30. Visit www.pasco-wa-gov/avtt for information.

This story was originally published May 23, 2017 at 6:51 PM with the headline "Vietnam Vet wall procession through Pasco starts at 3 p.m.."