Get Ready for the Columbus Day Parade

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081013-N-5758H-061 NEW YORK (Oct. 13, 2008) Navy Operation Support Center, Bronx Color Guard leads the 64th Annual Columbus Day Parade up New York City's 5th Avenue. The parade is sponsored by the Columbus Citizens Foundation every year as part of Columbus Day Celebration, with this year's festivities commemorating the Great White Fleet Voyage in 1907. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth R. Hendrix/Released)

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Get ready for the Columbus Day parade along Fifth Avenue to celebrate Italian-Americans’ influence in New York City.

The annual parade runs from 47th Street to 72nd Street. With over 35,000 marchers and over 100 groups from bands to floats, it is projected that the parade will bring in nearly 100 million viewers. It will be lead by Grand Marshal Alberto Cribiore, Vice Chairman of Citi Institutional Clients Group.

The parade will also have red carpet performances on Fifth Avenue between 67th and 69th Streets.

The parade is a celebration of Christopher Columbus’s sense of exploration that resulted in his 1492 journey to the Americas, as well as a celebration of Italian-Americans in the United States. Traditional folk groups will also be performing during the parade in displays of Italian culture.

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-Kari Sonde