{"id":67762,"date":"2026-05-19T00:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T00:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/67762\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T00:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T00:19:06","slug":"geneva-hosts-memorial-day-triathlon-and-parade-with-road-closures-for-both-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/67762\/","title":{"rendered":"Geneva hosts Memorial Day triathlon and parade, with road closures for both \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geneva<\/a> residents should plan accordingly for two Memorial Day weekend events that will temporarily close streets on the west side and downtown, a triathlon and the American Legion parade, officials announced in a news release.<\/p>\n

The MMTT Youth Triathlon race will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 24, at the Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital campus and surrounding roadways.<\/p>\n

The following streets will be shut down to traffic during the event:<\/p>\n

Williamsburg Avenue west of Randall Road.Fisher Drive north of Heartland Drive to Bricher Road.Bricher Road west of Camden Street to Peck Road.<\/p>\n

The hospital campus, at 300 Randall Road, will be accessible from Keslinger Road.<\/p>\n

The Fisher Farms subdivision west of Fisher Drive will be open at Keslinger Road, Heartland Drive and Prairieview Drive.<\/p>\n

Officers and race officials will assist residents living east of Fisher Drive, north of Williamsburg, with entering and exiting their neighborhood, according to the release.<\/p>\n

Traffic control personnel will work to minimize disruptions, but motorists should expect delays while runners and bicyclists are on the roadway.<\/p>\n

The American Legion Fox River Geneva Post 75<\/a> will begin its Memorial Day Parade at 10 a.m. Monday, May 25, from the Geneva Metra Station. <\/p>\n

The parade will feature a color guard, local veterans, youth scouting organizations and the Geneva High School marching band.<\/p>\n

The procession will travel north on Third Street to the World War I Memorial in Wheeler Park, for a Memorial Day ceremony, according to the release.<\/p>\n

Third Street will be closed during the parade, as will the intersection of State Street\/Illinois Route 38 and Third Street. Although the parade is short in duration, motorists are encouraged to use Illinois Route 25 as an alternate route. <\/p>\n

Parking will be prohibited on Third Street from Crescent to Stevens streets beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, May 25.<\/p>\n

A law enforcement drone may be used to support public safety by providing real-time aerial monitoring for police and emergency management personnel, according to the release.<\/p>\n

The United Methodist Church of Geneva<\/a> will host its annual pancake and sausage breakfast at 7 a.m. Monday, May 25, in the public parking lot on the north side of the 200 block of Hamilton Street. The lot will close at 12:01 a.m. that day to accommodate the breakfast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geneva residents should plan accordingly for two Memorial Day weekend events that will temporarily close streets on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[65,898,1980,899,36696,2708],"class_list":["post-67762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-geneva","tag-kane-county","tag-kane-county-front-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-memorial-day","tag-parade"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116598378719684877","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}