Monrovia Day Celebration
2008 Monrovia Day Celebration
Saturday, May 17th
122 Years since the founding of Monrovia!
The Monrovia Day Association is proud and excited to announce the 2008 Monrovia Day Parade which will be held on Saturday, May 17th. This day marks the actual day of the founding of Monrovia which was on may 17, 1886. It also falls on the day that we as Americans celebrate Armed Forces Day. This years' parade is held to not only commemorate the founding of the city of Monrovia but also to celebrate its many youth groups and organizations and to honor those local military men and women who are serving their country.
The parade will kick off at 9 a.m. at the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Myrtle, and proceed south through Old Town to Chestnut Avenue.
It will be preceded by the traditional pancake breakfast at the Community Center, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.
The pancake breakfast is set to begin at 6:30 a.m.
Because of constriction of the new Public Library in Library Park, this year’s activities will be limited to the breakfast and the parade.
The community march down Myrtle is being dedicated this year to Monrovia’s children, with the theme “Celebrating Monrovia’s Youth: Our Future, Hope and Heroes.”
Hometown Grand Marshalls will be Monrovia High School “Students of Character.”
The celebration is coordinated by the Monrovia Day Committee.
The Monrovia Chamber of Commerce has applications and rules for the Monrovia Day Parade. You can download the information by going to the Community news and Events page of this website.
