Of keen interest that year were the floats - all of which were adjudged the best by Mayor Ralph Locher, Chairman Vince Mancuso and Assistant Law Director Lou Corsi.
In 1958 the parade was cancelled out of respect for the memory of beloved Pope Pius XII.Ī high point in parade history happened in October 1964 when 20,000 people lined Euclid and Superior Avenues as more than 1,000 marched to Public Square. Rocco's and of present years, Holy Rosary in Little Italy. John's Cathedral and later briefly rotated to St.
Each parade was preceded with a Mass at St. Daytime celebrations followed and became the norm. The first two downtown parades were evening events. Other early chairmen included Nick Focarett, Sam Ferrazza, Gene Zannoni and Salvatore Calandra (2010 parade co-marshal). Marie Manfredi was the first recording secretary (and is a 2010 parade co-marshal, Marie Calandra). The first chairman was Frank Catliota of the Alta House. They agreed on a citywide Columbus Day celebration and a meeting of elected officials at the Hotel Statler. Frank Celebrezze, Sam Panzarella, Carl Ferrara, Louie DePaolo and Rev. Included in the meeting were the late Hon. Marian's Rectory to discuss a unified event. In 1951, the Italian consul, Count Gabrio Siegray, brought Italians together at St. In the beginning, Columbus Day was celebrated in the neighborhoods by pockets of the Italian American community of Greater Cleveland. E' sempre stato cosi'? Da quando ed in che modo veniva celebrato lo scopritore Genovese, negli anni passati? Vediamo come. Oggi si celebra quel giorno in commemorazione dell'evento. La storia ci racconta che nel 1492 un uomo dal nome di Cristoforo Colombo solco' i mari e gli oceani per poi raggiungere le coste del nuovo continente, l'America.
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