Mounted Police Military Escort: “The Fighting 69th” The 69th Regiment of New York 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Lieutenant Colonel John C. Andonie, Commanding Piper for the Regiment, Pipe Major Joe Brady
First Battalion Staff: Major Seth Morgulas, Executive Officer; Captain Brandon Gendron, Adjutant; Captain Bryon Linnehan, Intelligence Officer; Major Michael Murphy, Operations Officer; Captain Steven Amendola, Logistics Officer; Captain Ian Seagriff, Communications Officer; Major Roderick Cassidy, Legal Officer
Guests of the Regiment: General Jack Dempsey, US Army Training and Doctrine Commander; Brigadier General Patrick Murphy, The Adjutant General, State of New York and Commander, New York Army National Guard; Major General (Ret) Thomas Garrett, former Commander, 42nd Infantry Division; Major General (Ret) Lawrence Pierce Flynn, former Adjutant General; Brigadier General Renwick Payne, Director, Joint Staff New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs; Brigadier General Steven Wickstrom, Commander, 42nd “Rainbow” Infantry Division; Colonel Geoffrey Slack, Commander, 27th Brigade; Colonel James Lettko, Chief of Staff, New York Army National Guard; Colonel Gary Yaple, Chief of Staff, 42nd Infantry Division
* 42nd Infantry Division Band Bandmaster CW2 Mark Kimes Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, Captain Aaron Lefton; “A” Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, Captain Jeffrey Emery; 1st Battalion Colors, 69th Infantry, Command Sergeant Major Jorge Vasquez; Irish Wolfhounds, Mascots, 69th Regiment of New York Sergeant Patrick Kaley & Specialist Ryan Diskiv
* Valley Forge Military Academy and College Regimental Band Director of Music: Warrant Officer 2 Phil Evans, Bandmaster, Royal Marines (Retired)
“B” Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, Captain Steven Schartup
“C” Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, Captain Shawn Tabankin
“D” Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, Captain Michael Bedryk
* Bergen County Police Pipes & Drums, NJ. Pipe Major John Kelly; Bandmaster: Mike Conway Notre Dame University ROTC Color Guard (affiliated with 69th Infantry)
“F” Company, 427th Forward Support Battalion (1-69 Infantry) First Lieutenant Louis Dellipizzi. Regimental Headquarters, 69th Regiment of New York Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Robert Hutter, Honorary Colonel
* Piper for the Regimental Staff, Chris Finnegan; Colonel (Ret) Walter Montagno, Regimental Adjutant; Colonel (Ret) James Tierney, Regimental Historian; Colonel (Ret) Edward Kane, Regimental Chaplain;
1st Lieutenant (Ret) Bruce Meyerson, Museum Curator; Command Sergeant Major (Ret) José Flores, Honorary Regimental Sergeant Major; Staff Sergeant (Ret) John Kuhlmann, Quartermaster; Elbertus Prol, Special Assistant to the Honorary Colonel
* Wantagh American Legion Band, Babylon, Long Island. Pipe Major, Chris Murphy
Veteran Corps, 69th Regiment Command Sergeant Major (Ret) Thomas J. Fitzsimmons; Commander, Veteran Corps, 69th Regiment; Veteran Corps and Staff
Grand Marshal and Aides Fifth Ave, 44th to 45th St.
* Cathedral High School Band, NY
GRAND MARSHAL RAYMOND W. KELLY
AIDES
Knights of Saint Patrick: James M. Barnes; New York: Matthew Devine; Bronx: John W. Hyland; Queens: Catherine McCarthy; Kings: Brigid Mitchell; Richmond: Hon. Michaek J. Brennan; Nassau: Michael Byrne; Suffolk: Thomas J. Jordan Jr.; Westchester: Catherine Courtney; Rockland: Rose V. Moroney; Orange: Edmund T. Burke; United Irish Counties: Malachy McAllister; United Emerald Societies: Bernard “Buddy” Sullivan; Aide At Large: Terrance McAdams
Start time: 10:45 a.m. Fifth Avenue and W. 44th St.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg Police Commissioner, Raymond Kelly (Grand Marshal)
* New York City Police Department Marching Band
Police Department, NYC Holy Name Society
* Police Department, Emerald Society Pipes & Drums
Police Department, NYC Emerald Society
Family of the Grand Marshal and friends
* F.O.P Pipe Band
* Dover Plains High School Band
Auxiliary Police Department US Navy Honor Guard, US Naval Submarine School Silver Dolphins, Groton, CT
Navy ROTC, Villanova
* Xaverian High School Pipe Band, Brooklyn, NY
City Council and other public officials, City of New York (Line up on W. Fifth Ave. 43-44 St.)
* New York State Courts Pipes and Drums
Honorable David Paterson, Governor, State of New York (Line up on W. Fifth Ave. 43-44 St.)
* NY State Police Pipe Band
Marching Escort New York State Police
Superintendent of New York State Police
* N.J. Field Music
Veteran Corps of Artillery Color Guard
Irish-American Legislators
Society of New York State (Line up on W. Fifth Ave. at 11 a.m.)
Ad Hoc Congressional Committee for Irish Affairs (Line up on W. Fifth Ave. 11 a.m.)
U. S. Congress and other State and Federal Officials (Line up on W. Fifth Ave. at 11 a.m.)
United States Coast Guard, Staten Island, NY
11:10 a.m. W. 44th St. (No. 44 Sixth Ave.)
NY Air National Guard Honor Guard, Stewart Field, Newburg, NY Senior Master Sergeant George Haloukas
Brewster High School Band, NY
County Laois S & B Association of New York
* Onteora High School, Boiseville, NY
County Wicklow Association of New York
Equestrian Ladies & Gentlemen Aides; U.S. Parks Mounted Police
11 a.m. E. 44th St. (Fifth Ave. – Madison Ave.)
* Xavier High School “Blue Knights” Cadet Band
Xavier High School, R.O.T.C.
US Marine Corps Color Guard
* US 2nd Marine Air Wing Cherry Point, N.C.
US Marine Corps Honor Guard Parade Directors and Trustees
* Shamrock BSA Troop 236 Marching Band Maybrook, NY Boy Scouts of America
* Randolph Macon Academy Band
United Irish Counties
* Joseph Duelk Jr AOH Div Pipe Band
AOH Orange County Board & Divisions 1,2,3,4
11 a.m. (Madison and Vanderbilt Aves.)
* The Kerry Pipers
County Kerrymen’s P & B Association
Rose of Tralee and Mrs. Senior America
* Roisin Dubh Irish Pipe Band
LAOH Suffolk County Board and Division 2
* Jackson Memorial High School Band
County Dublin Society of New York
Reales Tercios de Espania
11:15 a.m. W. 47th St. (Fifth Ave – Sixth Ave)
FDNY Color Guard
FDNY Banner
* Emerald Society Pipe Band Color Guard
Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano & Chief of Department Ed Kilduff
343 Honor Company
* Seaford High School Marching Band
Fire Department NYC Holy Name Society (A)
* Archbishop Stepinac High School Band
Fire Department NYC Holy Name Society (B)
* Westchester County Firefighters Emerald Society Pipe Band
FDNY Emerald Society (A);
FDNY Emerald Society (B)
* EMS Pipes and Drums (FDNY)
FDNY E. M.S. Emerald Society
*Only FDNY personnel in uniform are authorized to march and line up in this block. Out of town firefighters must obtain approval from Parade Committee to participate in Parade, or line up at 3 p.m. on E. 48th St. between Fifth Ave. and Madison Ave. after Glasgow Celtic and ahead of the Francis P. Beirne Division 9 AOH New York County.
11:40 a.m. W. 45th St. (No. 50 Fifth Ave.)
* Londonderry High School Band, Londonderry, NH
Quinnipiac University Alumni Association of New York
* NYC Correction Department Emerald Society Pipe Band
NYC Correction Department Emerald Society
* Suffolk County Police Dept Emerald Pipe Band
Suffolk County Police Dept Emerald Society
* Connetquoit High School, Long Island, NY
County Leitrim Society of New York
* New York Ancients Fife & Drum Corps
Council of Gaelic Societies of New York with 1991 Grand
Marshal, Mary Holt Moore
* Manhattan College Pipe and Drum Band
Manhattan College Gaelic Society
* Young Colonials Junior Ancient Fife & Drum Corps, Lake Carmel, NY
Parents and Students, Irish Dancing and Music Association of North America
* Port Authority Police Emerald Society Irish War pipe Band
Port Authority Police Emerald Society
* AmerScot Highland Pipe Band Marist College Gaelic Society
11:50 a.m. (50 Sixth Ave.)
* Pipes and Drums, Police Emerald Society of Westchester
Police Emerald Society of Westchester
* Clara Band, Clara, Ireland County Offaly Society of New York
* Saffron United Pipe Band, LI
AOH Suffolk County Board and Divisions 2, 3, 7, 8, 9
* Sanitation Emerald Society Pipe Band
Sanitation Dept. City of New York Emerald Society
* New York State Correction Pipe Band
New York State Correction Department Emeralds
* Nassau County Police Emerald Society Pipe Band (one banner)
Nassau County Police Emerald Society
* Iona College Pipe & Drum Band
Iona College Gaelic Society
Iona Prep Gaelic Society
* Cardinal Spellman HighSchool Band
Cardinal Spellman High School
* Mother Cabrini High School Band
Catholic League
* St Raymond School Band, East Rockway, NY
Academy of Mount St. Ursula, Bronx, NY
Noon E. 44th St. (Fifth Ave. — Madison Ave.)
* Leatherneck Pipes and Drums, Paramus, New Jersey
Color Guard 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines (Once commanded by the Grand Marshall, Colonel of Marines (Retired) Ray Kelly)
Marine Corps Composite Marching Unit consisting of:
2nd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division; 1st Marine Corps District, Recruiting Stations NY and NJ; 6th Communications Battalion; 6th Motor Transport Battalion; Marine Air Group 49; US Marine Corps “8th & 1”. A;pha Co., Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.
* Quantico Marine Corps Band Marine Corps League Composite
Marching Unit consisting of detachments from NY and NJ.
* U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard and Marching Band Naval District Washington
12:10 p.m. E. 45th St. (Fifth Ave – Madison Avenue)
* Lia Fail Pipe & Drums, NJ
Sean Oglaigh na h-Eireann Heritage Association
Friends of Irish Freedom
* Transit Pride Pipe & Drum Band
NYC Transit Emeralds
MABSTOA Emerald Society
Suburbanettes Twirlers, MA
* Park Ridge High School Band
Irish Northern Aid
Cumann na Saoirse
* Richmond County Pipes, Staten Island, NY
St. Vincent’s Hospital School of Nursing Alumni, NY
New York Celtic Medical Society
* Local 163 I.B.E.W. Pipes and Drums
N.Y.C. Dept. of Parks
* Stratford High School Band, CT
Emerald Guild Society (Irish Building Managers of NYC)
* Amityville Pipe & Drum Band
Friends of Erin, Montauk, NY
* Copiague High School Band
Molloy College Gaelic Society, Long Island, NY
12:20 p.m. (Between Madison Ave — Vanderbilt Ave.)
* Cardinal Hayes High School Band
Cardinal Hayes High School
* Fordham University Band, Bronx, NY
Fordham University Gaelic Society
* V.W.I.L. Band, VA
Notre Dame Alumni Society of New York
* Gerritson Beach Bell & Drum Corp, NY
Tri-Boro Bridge and Tunnel Emerald Society
* Clarefield High School Band, Clearfield, PA
Power Memorial High School Alumni, NY
* Msgr. Farrell High School Band, SI
Rice High School Alumni, NY
All Hollows High School Alumni, NY
Erin Sports, Montréal, Canada
12:40 p.m. W. 46th St. (50 Fifth Ave.)
* Ossining High School Band, NY
US Customs Emerald Society
* Aquinas High School Band, Bronx, NY
St. Joseph’s College Gaelic Society, Brooklyn, NY
* Port Richmond High School Band, SI
American Irish Teachers Association
* West Millford High School Band, NJ
St Francis Prep High School, Queens, NYC
* Tietleman High School Band, Cape May, NJ
Sienna College Gaelic Society
* Brentwood High School Green Machine Band
Saint John’s University Gaelic Society
* Breezy Point Catholic Pipes & Drums
58 Reserve Infantry Battalion
Defense Force Ireland
* Newport Rhode Island AOH Pipe & Drum
Dennis E. Collins AOH Division 1
Newport, Rhode Island
* Bishop Hendrickson High School Band, Warwick, RI
Providence College Alumni Society of New York
* Sioil na hEireann Pipe Band
LAOH National Board
AOH & LAOH New York State Boards
* Glór na Gael Pipes and Drums Band
AOH Queens County Board and Divisions 14, 15, 21
12:50 p.m. (50 Sixth Ave.)
* Our Lady of Peace, Lynbrook
LAOH Queens County Board and Divisions 15
* IBEW Local 25 Pipe Band
AOH Nassau County Board
* American Celtic Pipes and Drum
Nassau County, Division 3 and 8
* Irish Thunder Pipe Band
Nassau County AOH Division 11
* Tara Pipes & Drums, Massapequa, LI
Nassau County AOH Division 15
* American Legion Pipe Band, Wantagh, NY
Nassau County AOH Division 17
* St. Ann’s Pipe Band, NJ
LAOH Nassau County Board
* Roisin Dubh Irish Pipe Band
LAOH Suffolk County Board and Division 2
* Saffron United Pipe Band, LI
AOH Suffolk County Board and Divisions 2, 3, 7, 9
1:10 p.m. E. 46th St. (Fifth Ave — Madison Ave.)
* Knights of Columbus Pipe Band
AOH Kings County Board and Division 22 and 35
* Bishop Kearney High School Band, Brooklyn
Kings County Board LAOH and Divisions 6
* Staten Island Pipers Association, Pipe Band
AOH Staten Island County Board and Divisions 3 & 4
LAOH Staten Island County Board and Divisions 1, 2 & 4
* Clann na Vale Pipe Band
AOH Bronx County Board and Divisions 3, 4, 5, 7, 9
* Cairo-Durham High School Marching Mustang Band
LAOH Bronx County Board and Divisions 9
1:20 p.m. Madison Ave. — Vanderbilt Ave.
* Neptune High School Marching Band, NJ
LAOH New York County Board and Division 29
* Christian Brothers Academy, Albany
AOH New York County Board and Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
* Blackthorn Bagpipe Band
AOH Westchester County
Board Men and Ladies & AOH Divisions 1,18
American Irish Association of Westchester
* Rockland County/OH Bagpipe Band
AOH Rockland County Board
LAOH Rockland County Board and Division 3
* Joseph Duelk Jr AOH Div Pipe Band
AOH Orange County Board and Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4
* St. Joseph’s By The Sea, Staten Island
LAOH Orange County Board
* Longwood High School Band
Mount Saint Michael Academy, Bronx, NY
* The Sword of Light Pipe Band (Local 3 IBEW)
Irish American Labor Coalition
* Local 608 Carpenters and Joiners Union Pipe Band, NY
New York Minor Board G.A.A.
F. D. Orange County, CA
1:45 p.m. W. 47th St. (50 Fifth Ave.)
* County Tyrone Society Pipe Band
County Tyrone Society of New York
* Bishop Molloy High School Pipe and Drums
Clan na Gael, Edward Daly Club
Clan na Gael, Napper Tandy Club
* Maritime College Band, State University of New York Maritime College, Fort Schuyler
Maritime Emerald Society, S.U.N.Y. Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, The Bronx, NY
* Edward P. Maloney Memorial Pipe Band
88th Brigade New York Guard
* Oakgrove High School High School Band, Alabama
Young Ireland’s Camogie
* Cork Pipers Band
County Cork P & B Association
2 p.m. (50 Sixth Ave.)
* Salesian High School Band, New Rochelle, NY
County Sligo S&B Association
* County Armagh Pipe Band
County Armagh Association of New York
* Pomperaug High School Band, CT
County Tipperary N & B Assoc.
2:10 p.m. E. 47th St. (Fifth Ave. — Madison Ave)
* Monaghan Pipe Band
County Monaghan Society
* St. John the Baptist H.S. Band, Babylon, NY
County Clare P.B. and S. Association of New York
* Irish Brigade Field Music
Irish Brigade Honor Guard
* Peconic Warpipe Band, NY
County Waterford Society of New York
* Harrison High School Band, Harrison, NY
County Cavan P&B Association of New York
* Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh Pipe Band, County Donegal Assoc. of NY
* Montclair High School Band, NJ
County Longford Association of New York
2:20 p.m. (Madison Ave. and Vanderbilt Ave.)
* Clann Eireann War Pipe Band
County Limerick P & B Association
* Jamestown High School Band, Jamestown, NY
County Down Association
* Curtis High School Band SI, NY
County Wexford P S & BAssociation
* Double R Twirletts, PA
* Tri-State All Star Drum & Bugle Corps, Tarrytown, NY
County Galway Association
2:30 p.m. W. 48th St. (40 Fifth Ave.)
* Northport Pipe and Drum Band County Derry Society of New York
* Lincoln High School Band, WV
County Mayo Society of New York
Knock Shrine, Co Mayo Ireland
* Middletown North & South High School Band, NJ
County Louth Society of New York
* St Kevin’s Sea Cadets Band, NY
* Longwood High School Band, NY
County Antrim Society of New York
* Ringgold High School, PA
County Kilkenny
* West Morris Central High School Band
County Fermanagh P & B Association
* Heritage High School Band, Littleton, CO
County Roscommon Society
2:40 p.m. (40 Sixth Ave.)
Main-E-Acts Baton Twirling Team
* North Babylon High School Band, Long Island, NY
County Westmeath Association of New York
* Rhode Island P. F. Pipe & Drum, R.I.
County Carlow Association of New York
Maine Twirlers, Maine
* Robert Moses High School Band, NY
County Meath Association of New York
* Cohoes High School Band, NY
County Kildare Association of New York
* The Guard Pipe Band, Warren, NY
Irish Business Organization
Niall O’Leary School of Irish Dancing
3 p.m. E. 48th St. (Fifth Ave. — Madison Ave.)
* Vernon High School Band, NJ
Grand Council of United Emerald Societies
NY Telephone and Communications Emerald
* New Utrecht High School Band
NYC Board of Education Emerald Society
Westchester Bus Lines Emerald Society
* Thomas O’Shaughnessy Memorial Pipe Band
Suffolk County Firefighters Emerald Society
* Spirit of Blackrock Fife and Drum Band
Irish American Building Society
* Lebanon High School Band, VA
Saint Edwards University Alumni, TX
3:20 p.m. (Madison — Park Ave.)
* Mahopac High School Band, Mahopac, NY
Belmont Abbey College Alumni Association of NY
Marymount University Alumni, VA
* Innis Fada Pipe Band
Irish American Society of Nassau, Suffolk, & Queens
* Northern Westchester & Putnam Counties Pipe and Drum Band
* Double R Twirletts, PA
* Nutmeg Volunteers Fife and Drum Corp
Irish Heritage Festival
Committee Orange County
Hofstra University Irish Society
* Pentucket Regional High School Band, MA
Glasgow Celtics Supporters Club, NY
Out of town Firefighters
* F.B.I. Emerald Society Pipe and Drums
F.B.I. Emerald Society
3:20 p.m.
Francis P. Beirne Division 9 AOH
New York County; Formation Committee and Line of March Committee; Hilary Beirne, Chairman
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KEY: * Bands, BOLD: societies, clubs, and associations
PARADE INFO
The 249th St. Patrick’s Day Parade
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Route: Starts at 44th Street, goes up Fifth Ave. past St. Patrick’s Cathedral at 50th St., the American Irish Historical Society at 8oth St. and Metropolitan Museum of Art at 83rd St. Ends at 86th St.
Best viewing: North of 66th St. and Fifth Ave. The steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art provide a great view. See the marchers up close at 86th St.
TV: Live cast on WNBC from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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