For the 63rd year, Indianapolis Local 481 apprentices and journeymen donated their time on a November Saturday to turn the city’s Soldiers and Sailors Monument into the holiday season’s Circle of Lights.

The 315 volunteers also included eager youngsters and other family members, who helped carry 52 strings of lights that drape the 284-foot memorial. Earlier, some 40 of the local’s retired wiremen checked each of the nearly 5,000 bulbs to ensure they were good to go, a project they tackle every October.

Community members packed the area Nov. 28 as the Downtown Indy Alliance flipped the switch, thanking Local 481 for making the spectacular display possible. The monument will remain lit through Jan. 16, after which IBEW crews will remove the lights and pack them away until the 2026 holidays.