SAVANNAH – City of Savannah administrative offices and facilities will be closed Tuesday, Nov. 11 in observance of Veterans Day. Emergency services will remain open.

The 2025 Veteran’s Day Parade is set to begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Streets in the staffing area and along the route will be cleared as early as 6 a.m. The parade will impact downtown traffic flow as well as residential and visitor parking. No parking zones will be marked prior to the parade. Vehicles remaining in the no parking zone will be towed at the owner’s expense.

To learn more about the parade and route, visit savannahpd.org/veteransdayparade

Beginning Monday night, City Hall will be illuminated in red, white, and blue in observance of Veterans Day and to honor all those who have served in the U.S Armed Forces. Residents and visitors are invited to take selfies and post on social media using hashtags #VeteransDay and tag the City’s officials social media channels.

Additionally, sanitation services will be affected by the holiday closure on Tuesday. Residents can expect the following changes to their schedule:

Residential garbage collection, yard waste collection services and curbside recycling will not run on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Collection services will resume on Wednesday Nov. 12 on a one-day delayed schedule. Wednesday curbside recycling routes will run on Thursday and Thursday routes will run on Friday. Street sweeping operations will not run on Tuesday, Nov. 11 and resume operations on Wednesday. Nov. 12.

Dean Forest Road Landfill and Bacon Park Transfer Station will both be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 11 and will reopen on a regular operating schedule Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., respectively.

Residents are encouraged to consult the Sanitation schedule packets disseminated each year and make note of what day sanitation collection will happen on their route. You can find the schedule online at savannahga.gov/sanitation.

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About Veterans Day

Veterans Day, which originated as Armistice Day, was established by former President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 to commemorate the end of World War I. It was then approved by Congress to make Nov. 11 each year a legal holiday in 1938. Armistice Day was later changed to Veterans Day after former President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill passed by Congress to rename the holiday to honor all veterans of all wars in 1954.