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2013 Garden City Vintage Car Parade and Show

NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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

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.

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)

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 College, kisses hand of young girl in crowd at the 252nd annual NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

2013 NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade:   GALLERY

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2nd Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Haiti, Brooklyn 2012

2nd Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Haiti, Brooklyn 2012

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
January 31, 2012

When I heard that 13-year-old SHEIMYRAH MIGHTY a talented Jamaican Haitian American I first photographed singing at a 2008 rally at Long Island’s Eisenhower Park – would sing the U.S. National Anthem at the 2nd Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Haiti on January 11, 2012, I knew I wanted to cover that Brooklyn Borough Hall event.

January 11, 2012 - Brooklyn, New York, USA: Commemorating the 2nd anniversary of the Mw 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, people hold up glo-sticks at 2nd Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Haiti, Wednesday night at Brooklyn Borough Hall. (Ann E Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Brooklyn, New York, USA. January 11, 2013. 2nd Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Haiti, at Brooklyn Borough Hall. (© 2012 Ann Parry, Ann-Parry.com)

I went with a friend and fellow-photographer, MIKE LEVERETT DORN, and since we were running a bit late, we rushed from the MTA Borough Hall subway stop into the Hall. And as we raced up the long flight of stairs I could hear Sheimyrah singing. Just (barely) in time!

New York City Police Commissioner RAY KELLY was the Keynote Speaker, and other participants in the memorial service included a variety of Haitian musical and literary artists; politicians; architect RODNEY LEON  who designed the African Memorial Burial Ground in NYC; Christian, Muslim, and Jewish spiritual and community leaders; and providers of Haitian humanitarian relief.

2nd Interfaith Memorial Service for Haiti:  my Photo Gallery

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