Columbus Day Parade 2009
Don’t forget that the 24th Annual Columbus Day Parade will be happening tomorrow, Saturday, October 10, 2009. The parade, starting at 11, will follow Liberty Avenue from Baum Boulevard to the Bloomfield Bridge.
Columbus Day Parade 2008
According to an article in today’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, this year’s parade committee has decided to make music as its theme and has asked the participating organizations to include music in some way. Some of the Italian-American organizations that will be represented are the Sons and Daughters of America, the Spigno Saturina Society, Sons of Italy and the Sons of Columbus.
Along with the increased musical presence this parade will feature a giant “pupa” doll, an 8-foot puppet dressed in traditional Italian clothes, an authentic gondola, and a decorated donkey cart. The parade will also be paying homage to the three fallen police officers, Eric G. Kelly, Stephen J. Mayhle, and Paul Sciullo, instead of having a grand marshal for the event.
Streets along the parade route will be closed by 9:30 this year, so be sure to get your spot early.
The Formian Community, with the Giralatina Team, has proudly joined this event.
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