Entries are being sought for Manteca’s first Veterans’ Day parade being staged this year on Wednesday, Nov. 11.

It will start at Wetmore Street and follow a route lined with flags up Main Street under the Manteca arch and then turn on Yosemite Avenue where the five veterans murals grace the walls of the historic IOOF Hall and then head west to Library Park.

The parade being conducted by American Legion Post 249 and the City of Manteca Recreation & Community Services will start at 9:15 a.m.

The parade is ending at Library Park where traditional Veterans Day ceremonies conducted by American Legion Post 249 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6311 will take place.

Among the speakers will be Mayor Gary Singh and San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors Chair Sonny Dhaliwal.

The entry deadline is Thursday, Nov. 5, at 5 p.m. To register call (209) 456-8600 or email recreation@manteca.gov.

All proceeds benefit the American Legion Foundation that stages the annual Memorial Weekend Commemoration at Woodward Park.

Veterans Day — originally known as Armistice Day — is a federal holiday is observed annually on Nov. 11.

It honors military veterans of the United States Armed Forces.

It coincides with holidays in several countries, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which also occur on the anniversary of the end of World War I.

Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect.

At the urging of major U.S. veteran organizations, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.