WILMINGTON — After a brief hiatus of the Martin Luther King Jr. Parade last January, the celebration returns to Wilmington on Monday.
The parade, which begins at 11 a.m., will begin at Brunswick Street, travel south on Third and turn onto Princess Street while concluding on Fourth Street.
The parade is free to attend and family-friendly, will feature local bands, organizations, and community groups to honor the life of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Traffic will be impacted in the downtown area. Some streets will remain open, including Fourth Street north of Chestnut Street, Front Street, northbound and southbound, and Market Street, eastbound and westbound.
Street closures are:
- Third Street, between Harnett Street and Market Street
- Brunswick Street and Hanover Street, between Front Street and Third Street
- All streets crossing the parade route will close beginning at 9 a.m.
- Princess Street between Third Street and Fifth Avenue
- Chestnut Street between Third Street and Fourth Street
- Grace Street between Third Street and Fourth Street
- Walnut Street between Third Street and Fourth Street
- Red Cross Street between Third Street and Fourth Street
- Campbell Street between Third Street and Fourth Street
- Hanover Street between Third Street and Fourth Street
- Brunswick Street between Third Street and Fourth Street
- Hanover Street between Front Street and Third Street
- Brunswick Street between Nutt Street and Front Street
- Brunswick Street between Front Street and Third Street
- Nutt Street between Brunswick Street and Hanover Street
There will be detours set up northbound with Third Street through traffic directed to Fifth Avenue and southbound Third Street through traffic moved to Front Street or Davis Street, then to Fourth Street or Fifth Avenue.
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