Fullerton City Hall will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 11, in observance of the Veterans' Day holiday. It will reopen at 7 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12.
The Fullerton Main Library, 353 W. Commonwealth Ave., and the Hunt Branch Library, 201 S. Basque Ave., will both be closed on the 11th.
The Main Library's normal operating hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.
Hunt Branch hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
The administrative offices at Fullerton Municipal Airport will be closed Nov. 11; however, airport operations will proceed as usual, and the Air Traffic Control Tower will be open that day.
The Fullerton Museum Center, 301 N. Pomona Ave., will be open Nov. 11.
On exhibit in the Museum’s Main Gallery will be “Cine-Saurus: Dinosaurs in the Movies,” which offers a comprehensive overview of how dinosaurs have been depicted in the movies based on artistic portrayals, and on the scientific knowledge available at the time.
On exhibit in the Fender Gallery, named for music pioneer and Fullerton native Leo Fender, is “Solid Design: Leo Fender’s Telecaster.” The exhibit features numerous examples of Fender’s early creations.
MG Disposal Systems, the city's trash contractor, will not observe the holiday, and will make trash collections on the 11th.
The 22nd Annual Fullerton Veterans’ Day Parade and Ceremony will be held Nov. 11. The parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Downtown Plaza, located on Wilshire Avenue, east of Harbor Boulevard and adjacent to the Fullerton Museum Center, and end at Hillcrest Park at the intersection of Harbor and Valley View Drive.
Once at Hillcrest, a ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. at the Veterans’ Memorial. Guest speaker will be United States Naval Reserve Commander Michael Mattis, recently returned from deployment to Iraq.
All veterans are welcome to join in the parade. Participants are asked to arrive at the plaza no earlier than 10 a.m. To participate in the parade, veterans must be able to march in regular cadence for approximately three-quarters of a mile.
The parade and ceremony are sponsored by Fullerton American Legion Post 142, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 11390 and the Fullerton Emblem Club 469. Further information may be obtained by calling the Fullerton American Legion at (714) 871-2412.
