October 10th, 2022 was the 78th annual Columbus Day parade. People came from all over to celebrate Italian America Heritage, while the city of New York paraded down 5th Avenue in Manhattan, proudly displaying floats, banners, cars, and more all displaying Italian flags. School marching bands from across the tribal-state area performed, and singers sang popular Italian songs like "Luna Mezz'O Mare," and "Volare."
Here are some of the photos from today's Columbus Day parade:
The parade kicked off with the NYPD marching down 5th avenue, followed by many other local law enforcement agencies like the Port Authority, the Nassau County sheriff Department, and the Corrections department (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
The Colombia Association of NY from the NY Department of Corrections (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
Many politicians appeared at the parade, like Comptroller DiNapoli, Governor Kathy Hochul, and Mayor Eric Adams (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
Ex-mayor Rudy Giuliani appeared on the Uncle Guiseppe's float (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
Mayor Adams celebrating Italian heritage (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
Many decorated their cars with Italian flags, like this Corvette from the Corvette Club (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
The NYPD brought out their classic cars for the parade (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
Vendors walked up and down the parade route selling flags. (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
Many Italian American Organizations, like the National Council of Columbia Associations in Civil Services, also made an appearance (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
The IABF also marched down 5th Avenue (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
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There were many performers, both on floats and wandering the streets. This Order Sons of Italy in America float (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
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The Order Sons of Italy float had a statue of Columbus on it (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
Many took the parade to celebrate and honor the Italian Hertiage. These parade marchers waved flags and took photos from their car (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
Another float with part goers waving Italian flags and dancing to the music as they show off their Italian Pride (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
This gentleman dressed himself in full Italian colors, with a suit jacket of the Italian flag (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
Schools from the Tri-state area brought their marching bands to perform in the parade (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
The Order Sons of Italy had their King and Queen (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
A float honoring Mother Cabrini, the Italian American Saint for Immigrants passed through, showing off Italian pride in their saints (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
The Columbus Citizens Foundation also had a float, with performers singing songs like "Volare" (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
No Columbus Day parade would be complete without a cosplay of Christopher Columbus (Photo Credit: AJ Forrisi)
AJ Forrisi
Assistant Editor for America Domani, AJ Forrisi is a Brooklyn-based writer and photographer. His work focuses on food, travel, sports, landscapes, and urban scenes. You can find him on Instagram @aj.photo.works.