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2013 Garden City Vintage Car Parade and Show

Garden City Vintage Car Parade and Show

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
April 3, 2013

Last Sunday, Garden City Chamber of Commerce’s 58th Annual Easter Vintage Car Parade and Show featured hundreds of antique, classic and special interest motorcars. Though a gray, cold, windy day, happily the rain held off till that night.

This Pierce-Arrow luxury convertible, with two Easter Rabbits in back seat, is the lead car in the 58th Annual Easter Sunday Vintage Car Parade and Show sponsored by the Garden City Chamber of Commerce. Hundreds of authentic old motorcars, 1898-1988, including antiques, classic, and special interest participated in the parade. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Garden City, NY, USA. March 31, 2013. Pierce-Arrow convertible leads 8th Annual Easter Sunday Vintage Car Parade and Show sponsored by Garden City Chamber of Commerce. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

Seeing skillfully, lovingly restored and maintained cars meant even more when owners shared the restoration process, brought to life through photos and paperwork that document the process.

Some parade participants and spectators wore Easter Bonnets, Rabbit Ears, or outfits appropriate for specific vehicles. A volunteer firefighter with the 1932 Ford Fire Engine of the Garden City Volunteer Exempt Firemans Association wore, you guessed it, a fireman’s coat.

Garden City Easter Vintage Car Parade & Show 2013: GALLERY

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Feature Photo of FromLongIsland.com Blog Post: March 16, 2013 - New York, NY, U.S. - At the 252nd annual NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade, thousands of marchers show their Irish pride, as they march up Fifth Avenue, and over a million people, often in green and orange, watch and celebrate.

NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
March 24, 2013

23rd Annual NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade

The snow didn’t stop the thousands of people marching in the 252nd Annual NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade last Saturday, March 16, 2013, and well over a million people lined Fifth Avenue to watch and celebrate.

St Patrick's Day NYC 2013

March 16, 2013 – New York, NY, U.S. – Danvers High School Band, MASS., gets ready to march in the 252nd annual NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Thousands of marchers show their Irish pride, as they march up Fifth Avenue, and over a million people, often in green and orange, watch and celebrate. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

Because of massive ongoing restoration to St. Patrick’s Cathedral’s exterior, construction scaffolding pretty much ruled out picturesque photos of it, but I made sure to document the progress and the high, thin sign wrapped around the landmark: “ST. PATRICK’S IS OPEN,”

March 16, 2013 - New York, NY, U.S. -'Leprechaun' NOEL RYAN, an alumnus of Quinnipiac College, kisses hand of young girl in crowd at the 252nd annual NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade. Thousands of marchers show their Irish pride, as they march up Fifth Avenue, and over a million people, often in green and orange, watch and celebrate. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

March 16, 2013 – NYC, NY, U.S. – ‘Leprechaun’ NOEL RYAN, an alumnus of Quinnipiac University, kisses hand of young girl in crowd at the 252nd annual NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

For many, many blocks, I captured the parade as I marched along with the Quinnipiac University group. I had a particularly good time chatting with a couple of the marching educators.

March 16, 2013 - New York, NY, U.S. - At the 252nd annual NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade, thousands of marchers show their Irish pride, as they march up Fifth Avenue, and over a million people, often in green and orange, watch and celebrate. Those marching, many who wore kilts, uniforms, colorful costumes, sashes, included Bag and Pipe Bands; Irish dancers; fire, police, military, religious, educational, and social groups. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

March 16, 2013 – NYC, NY, U.S. – Port Authority Police Emerald Society gets ready to march in 252nd annual NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

Feature Photo (at top of post:  March 16, 2013 – New York, NY, U.S. – At the 252nd annual NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade, many spectators dressed up in green costumes, including one holding up a hand puppet also dressed in green. 

2013 NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade:   my PHOTO GALLERY

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Freckles Americana

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
July 3, 2011

Holding American flags, the young girl, with her dog on a leash, and younger boy watched the Memorial Day Parade on Merrick Avenue – a Norman Rockwell moment right here in Merrick, New York.

It wasn’t until looking at the photos on my computer monitor that I noticed her impressive freckles.

Merrick, New York, U.S. - May 30, 2011 - Freckled girl with dog, and young boy at Memorial Day Parade, Merrick, New York, USA, on May 30, 2011. Tinted and textured noise added for vintage effect. (Ann E Parry/Ann Parry, Ann-Parry.com)

Merrick, New York, U.S.., May 30, 2011. Freckled girl, with dog, and boy watch parade. (© 2011 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

Happy July 4th!

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