Columbus Day Parade 2021
NEW YORK, NY — OCTOBER 12, 2021 —The 77th Columbus Day Parade NYC 2021 marched up Fifth Avenue on Monday, October 11, 2021.
The Grand Marshal is Michael Pascucci, Chairman of Duck Pond Associates.
Honorees were:
Joseph Gurrera, Owner of Citarella markets
Jodi Pulice, Founder, and CEO of JRT Realty Group.
Humanitarian of the Year is Daniel A. Nigro, NYFD Commissioner
The Gala was last Saturday, October 9, 2021, during which several performances by famous entertainers with an Italian heritage took place. All Gala proceeds benefited the Foundation’s scholarship fund.
Columbus Circle Wreath Laying
The wreath laying was at Columbus Circle on Sunday, October 10, 2021. The tradition began back in 1929.
St Patrick’s Mass
The Mass took place, as usual, at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown East on Monday, October 11, 2021, at 9:30 am.
The Parade marched up Fifth Avenue from 44th St to 72nd St on Monday, October 11, 2021, from 11:30 am to about 3 pm. It was broadcasted on WABC Channel 7 from 12 noon to 3 pm.
The first Columbus Day celebration took place on October 12, 1792, when the Columbian Order of New York, better known as Tammany Hall, held an event to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the historic landing.
Many Italian Americans observe Columbus Day as a celebration of their heritage, not of Columbus himself, and the day was celebrated in New York City on October 12, 1866. The day was first enshrined as a legal holiday in the United States through the lobbying of Angelo Noce, a first-generation American, in Denver. The first statewide holiday was proclaimed by Colorado governor Jesse F. McDonald in 1905, and it was made a statutory holiday in 1907.
The date Columbus arrived in the Americas is celebrated in some countries of Latin America. The most common name for the celebration in Spanish (including some Latin American communities[68] in the United States) is the Día de la Raza ("day of the race" or the "day of the [Hispanic] people"), commemorating the first encounters of Europeans and the Native Americans. The day was first celebrated in Argentina in 1917, in Venezuela and Colombia in 1921, in Chile in 1922, and in Mexico, it was first celebrated in 1928. The day was also celebrated under this title in Spain until 1957 when it was changed to the Día de la Hispanidad ("Hispanicity Day"), and in Venezuela, it was celebrated under this title until 2002, when it was changed to the Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Day of Indigenous Resistance).
Article by Joseph Ralph Fraia for Livein Magazine
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