by Anthony O'Reilly

Get ready to celebrate Italian pride. The 10th annual Howard Beach Columbus Day Parade is set to kick off on Sunday, Sept. 27 at noon. Floats, dancers and singers will take over Cross Bay Boulevard in a celebration of all things Italian. It will start at 156th Avenue and Cross Bay Boulevard and march down the corridor.

It will be led by Grand Marshal the Rev. Msgr. Jamie Gigantello, vicar for development for the Diocese of Brooklyn, and deputy Grand Marshals Rocco Dirico, Deputy commissioner of the Department of Sanitation, and NYPD Inspector John Corbisiero.

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