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Hectic week for NY grand marshal

February 17, 2011

By Staff Reporter

Gibbons, along with parade committee members, will ring the bell at the New York Stock exchange on Monday, this after presiding at a reception in Rosie O’Grady’s Manhattan Club on Sunday afternoon.
“On March 16th and 17th, I will be representing the 40 million Irish Americans when I ring the opening bell and march proudly up Fifth Avenue at the head of the largest Irish celebration of faith, heritage and culture in the world,” said Gibbons.
Meanwhile, the Empire State Building will be lit up in green on the evening of St. Patrick’s Day. As it happens, construction of the building began on March 17, 1930.
This year’s parade is dedicated to the Sisters of Charity, who are marking their 200th anniversary. And the parade will also mark 20 years since Dorothy Hayden Cudahy became the first woman to lead the event.
This year’s parade, meanwhile, will include the largest ever military contingent at its head. As well as members of the famed Fighting 69th infantry, including members recently returned from Afghanistan, as many as 1600 soldiers from New York and New England who comprised Task Force Phoenix in Afghanistan are expected to march.
Details on the parade, which will step off at 11 a.m., can be viewed at www.nycstpatricksparade.org.

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