23rd Annual Columbus Day Parade
Tomorrow at 11 a.m., Bloomfield will host Pittsburgh’s 23rd annual Columbus Day Parade. Organized by the Italian Sons and Daughters of America with chairman Guy Costa, the parade will begin at Baum Boulevard and Liberty Avenue and end at the Bloomfield Bridge.
This year’s parade will feature marching bands, floats, an authentic gondola and even a donkey cart, as well as representatives from Italian-American fraternal organizations such as the Italian Sons and Daughters of America, the Spigno Saturina Society, Sons of Italy and the Sons of Columbus. The grand marshal is Carla E. Lucente, a professor of modern languages at Duquesne University and director of the Center for International Relations.
Streets along the parade route will be closed by 10:30 a.m., so get here early for a good spot.