![]() ![]() “My father went through alot as an immigrant to come here, so it’s always important to remember and be celebrated for where you come from,” she said. This was her third year participating in the Columbus Day Parade. She stood with her husband next to a car decked out in the Italian flag colors on the intersection of 46th street and fifth avenue. Nataly Prudente is from Conversano, a town in southeast Italy and a first-generation American. ![]() Last year, President Joe Biden signed the first presidential proclamation declaring the holiday Indigenous Peoples Day, a day that focuses on the contributions and resilience of Indigenous peoples and remembers the nation’s failed promises to them. The holiday began as a celebration of Christopher Columbus’s discovery of America. The great family-like atmosphere…that’s what it’s about for us,” he said. “It’s really about wearing these colors and it’s really about sharing stories, taking pictures…and great conversations. ![]() But most importantly, the parade is about making memories, according to Vaccaro. He said this is a day to remember Italian-American history and to pass that heritage along to the next generation. There were crowds of people waiting in line for 20 minutes at a time just to cross the street.Ĭhris Vaccaro, a board trustee of the Italian American Baseball Foundation, joined the parade with his wife and small children in a wagon covered in Italian flags, the American flag and streamers of red, green and white - the colors of the Italian flag. On another float, a woman was giving out free Italian flags and candy. Jenna Espisito, a singer known for her dedication to the “Great Italian American Songbook,” rode on a float while belting out tunes that could be heard blocks away. Over 100 groups participated in this year’s parade, including over 20 marching bands, 18 floats and dozens of performance groups, according to the Columbus Citizen Foundation, a nonprofit group that organizes the parade every year.Īt various street corners along 47th to 72nd street, there were people selling Italian flags to bypassers. Cheering crowds lined up behind metal barricades along Fifth Avenue Monday for New York’s 78th annual Columbus Day Parade – the world’s largest celebration of Italian-American culture and heritage. ![]()
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