New York Columbus Day Parade

The 2020 columbus day parade would have marked its 76th anniversary but the event has been canceled due to the coronavirus crisis.

New york columbus day parade. He is listed as captain s 3 training. New york city wabc every year hundreds of thousands of people gather in new york city for the annual columbus day parade the largest celebration of italian american heritage and culture in. There will be no in person columbus day parade in new york city in 2020. New york city nyc the biggest celebration of american italian culture in the world the columbus day parade attracts around a million spectators and 35 000 marchers each year.

Organizers said the oct. Technically he arrived on october 12 1492 but since 1970 the united states has observed the occasion on the second monday of. Columbus day refers to when christopher columbus landed in america. Cuomo unveiled a new statue of.

2020 parade information. 12 parade celebrating italian american heritage will be canceled and replaced with virtual. On columbus day in 1963 trump marched up fifth avenue in new york s parade donald trump second from left in the1964 new york military academy yearbook. It didn t rain on this parade.

This year due to the ongoing covid 19 pandemic we will be celebrating columbus day with an on air special. Steady showers pounded the city for most of monday but new york s virtual columbus day parade went off without a hitch as gov. The columbus day parade has become another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. New york hundreds of thousands of people gathered in new york city monday for the 75th annual columbus day parade the largest celebration of italian american heritage and culture in the world.

The columbus heritage foundation which plans the event announced the decision in a video posted to its website and. For over 73 years fifth avenue is filled with italian flags and people dressed as christopher columbus.