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THE WHITE HOUSE
Columbus Day, 2008
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
White House News
Christopher Columbus’ bold voyage across the Atlantic changed the world forever. On Columbus Day, we remember this Italian explorer’s courage in traveling to the unknown and celebrate his landmark achievements and lasting legacy read more…
CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE US
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
The Oldest Continuous Marching Parade in America!
PARADE ROUTE
Kick Off at Linwood Avenue in Patterson Park
Proceed West onto Eastern Avenue
Right onto High Street
Disband on Central Avenue
Parade Reviewing Stand and Spectator Seating located at Intersection of Stiles and High Streets in Little Italy read more…
The mission of Columbus Celebrations, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, is multi-faceted and includes the following:
To celebrate America and its discovery.
To celebrate our Italian as well as the multi-cultural heritage of our magnificent nation, the United States of America.
To support our community, our children and those less fortunate, through charity and creative fundraising events.
To continue the great tradition of Baltimore’s Columbus Day Parade, America’s oldest parade and celebration of its kind.
BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY
1 o’clock start for Columbus Day Parade
Friday, October 10, 2008
Local politicos, Italian-American honorees, and music-makers will be among the throngs of marchers in this year’s Bayonne Columbus Day Parade, when they step off Sunday at 1 p.m. at Fifth Street and Broadway read more…
The parade route is north along Broadway to 39th Street, then west past the reviewing stand at Stephen R. Gregg/Hudson County/Bayonne Park at Avenue C for the conclusion of the event.
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETS
What do marching bands, Santa Claus and Shrek have in common? They’re all alums of Boston’s annual Columbus Day Parade. Celebrating the diversity of America, the parade includes representatives from Mexican, Puerto Rican and Italian cultural groups and music and dancing from all over the world, as well as floats read more…
CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA
Columbus Day Parade draws thousands to downtown Cape Coral
At the stroke of 5 this afternoon, Cape Coral police motorcycles blared sirens and drove east on Southeast 47th Terrace, kicking off the city’s annual Columbus Day Parade.
Thousands of people lined the downtown street, parallel to main thoroughfare Cape Coral Parkway, and took in the sights and sounds of the parade — a Cape Coral tradition for more than 25 years.
“We try to promote the Italian culture in Cape Coral,” said Salvatore Cossentino, president of the Charles J. Bonaparte Sons of Italy Lodge 2504 of Cape Coral, which organized the event. “There are a large number of Italian constituencies here, and we hope people look foward every year to the Columbus Day Parade.”
The most common sights at the parade were American flags, followed closely by Italian flags.
But with the presidential election just a little more than three weeks away, the event also took on a decidedly political tone. About halfway through the 40-minute parade were three cars bearing large signs for the Republican presidential ticket, Sen. John McCain of Arizona and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
About five minutes behind them were three other vehicles bearing large signs for the Democratic candidates, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois and Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware.
Several other cars featured candidates for local offices.
“It was very political,” said Tia Janssen, 38, of Cape Coral, who was watching the event with her husband, Michael, 43. “I wasn’t expecting that.”
“It’s going to be an important election, very close,” said Pam Bergstrasser, 64, of Cape Coral, who was with her husband, Dennis, 60, at the parade. “There are so many opinions.”
For the first time, the parade featured the Italian Food Festival afterward. That appeared to boost the parade’s attendance.
“I think it’s phenomenal,” Cossentino said of the attendannce at the festival early in the evening. “It’s kind of what we expected, but it’s even more than we expected so far.”
The Sons of Italy Lodge 2507 of Port Charlotte also took part in the Cape parade.
“As brothers and sisters in the lodges, we try to support one another’s parades, socials and charities,” said Ronald Radenz, president of the Port Charlotte lodge read more…
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
ABC 7 Chicago to feature live, HD broadcast of Columbus Day Parade at 12:30 PM on 7.2, Monday October 13th
ABC 7 CHICAGO, the official station of the 56th annual Columbus Day Parade, will broadcast the parade, live, Monday, October 13th, from 12:30-2:30 pm. on ABC 7’s 7.2 (Comcast Channel 217 and Wide Open West Channel 101). ABC 7 will also stream the parade live at abc7chicago.com. An encore presentation of the Columbus Day Parade will air on Saturday, October 18th at noon on ABC 7. The parade will be presented commercial free. read more…
CLEVELAND, OHIO
Little Italy Cleveland Art Walk & Columbus Day Parade (Univ. Circle / Cleveland) read more…
DENVER, COLORADO
Denver Parade News:
Protesters do not plan to interfere with the Columbus Day Parade on Saturday as they have in previous years.
A leader of the movement to end the Columbus Day parade, said Thursday that lawyers for the protesters need a break.
The same lawyers who defended the Columbus Day protesters last year – when 83 people were arrested – also represented some of the same people after arrests during the Democratic National Convention.
“That’s thousands of dollars worth of legal work that’s done for us. You have to be respectful of their time and their resources,” Spagnuolo said.
The Columbus Day parade begins at 10 a.m. at Court Place and 15th Street. It follows a route that circles about a half- dozen blocks and ends on Broadway.
George Vendegnia, who heads the parade committee, said he can do without protests.
“That would be nice,” he said.
Opponents will rally instead near the Capitol before the parade, Spagnuolo said.
Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said, “We’ll be adequately staffed for the parade.”
Jackson said the opponents don’t have a parade permit, but noted they don’t need one as long as their activities remain on the sidewalk.
Denver is asked to join objections to Columbus Day parade content – DENVER – The city of Denver is gearing up for its annual pre-Columbus Day parade Oct. 11, an event that has placed Colorado’s capital squarely at the epicenter of a recurring debate about the Columbian legacy and the character of Christopher Columbus himself. read more from Indian Country today…
Denver Post Rises to Defense of Columbus Day Parade read more from ’07 Denver Post article…
The Denver Post calls on American Indians to Protest IF they Must, But, Do it Peacably.
It also branded as “a vile and unnecessary attack” the American Indian branding the Italian-Americans who celebrate their culture and long history in Colorado that day as “racists” !!!!!!!
Columbus Day parade organizer: Protesters got “a little spanking on the hand” read more…
MIAMI, FLORIDA
LIV Columbus Day Regatta – Saturday and Sunday, October 11 and 12 – Miami to the Florida Keys
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
Welcome to the Greater New Haven Columbus Day Committee web site read more…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Historic and Contemporary Award-Winning Maseratis in New York City Columbus Day Parade read more…
Columbus Citizens Exotic Car Raffle
No. 1 world rated junior welterweight contender Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi (25-1, 5 KOs) briefly returns home this weekend from his Las Vegas training camp, where he is preparing for his November 22nd showdown against Ricky Hatton to determine the world’s read more…
Columbus Day Parade – Join thousands on Fifth Avenue on Monday to celebrate the contributions of New York’s Italian-American community. Admiral Edmund Giambastiani Jr. will serve as grand marshal for the procession up Fifth Avenue from 47th Street to 79th Street from noon until 3PM.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
“Columbus Day parade Sunday on S. Broad St.” The city will celebrate Columbus Day on Sunday with a giant parade in South Philadelphia. This year’s grand marshal is Hollywood actress Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Anna Ingoglia).
The parade, which celebrates Italian culture and traditions, will start from Broad and Reed Streets at 12:15 p.m. and proceed south on Broad to Oregon Avenue and Marconi Plaza, where the Italian Festival will be held. Local streets will be closed during that time.
PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
10/10/2008 06:50 AM | Via: Pittsburgh Post Gazette
“Columbus Day Parade set for Bloomfield tomorrow”
Pittsburgh’s Italian-American community will celebrate Columbus Day with a parade tomorrow down Bloomfield’s Liberty Avenue. The grand marshal is Carla E. Lucente, the city’s Italian consul and a Romance languages professor at Duquesne University read more…
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
More than 400,000 revelers are expected at San Francisco’s 140th ANNUAL ITALIAN HERITAGE PARADE on Sunday, October 12, 2008, as the City’s oldest civic event and the nation’s oldest Italian-American parade and community celebration winds its way from Fisherman’s Wharf to North Beach. A San Francisco institution since it was established in 1868, the 2008 Parade is promising to be bigger, better and more colorful than ever read more…
TRENTON, NEW, JERSEY
A sunny salute to Italian-Americans at Columbus Day Parade
Sunday, October 12, 2008
BY ALEXANDRA WARD
Special to the Times
HAMILTON — It wasn’t just Italian pride that swelled yesterday, but county pride as hundreds of area residents came out to see the Mercer County Italian-American Festival Association’s Columbus Day Parade.
The fourth annual parade began near the Five Points intersection and proceeded along Nottingham Way to the sound of bagpipes, a brass band and Italian music read more…
WESTERLY, ROAD ISLAND
The 2008 Westerly Columbus Day Parade will kick off at 1:00 PM, Sunday, October 12, 2008, from the corner of Tower and Granite Streets, Westerly read more…
The day is known as Día de la Raza in much of Latin America, Discovery Day in the Bahamas, and Día de la Hispanida (Hispanic Day) in Spain.
FYI – Transcontinental Interstate 10 serves the southern tier of the United States by providing the main east-west link from Santa Monica and Greater Los Angeles in the west to Jacksonville in the east. Major cities served by Interstate 10 include Los Angeles, California; Phoenix, Arizona; El Paso, Texas; San Antonio, Texas; Houston, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Jacksonville, Florida. This route is known as the Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway, and it is one of three coast-to-coast Interstates (the others being Interstates 80 and 90).
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