2018 NEW YORK CITY

ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE

SATURDAY MARCH 17, 2018 LINE OF MARCH

Mounted Police

Military Escort:

"THE FIGHTING 69TH"

The 69th Regiment of New York

1st Battalion, 69th Infantry

Lieutenant Colonel Don Makay, Commanding

Piper for the Regiment, Pipe Major Joe Brady

Battalion Staff:

Major Brandon Gendron, Executive Officer

Lieutenant Taylor Maningo, Adjutant

Lieutenant Kevin Wong, Intelligence Officer

Major Jason Secrest, Operations Officer

Captain Nakaya Mair, Signal Officer

Guests of the Regiment:

LTG Daniel Hokanson, Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau

Major General Anthony German, The Adjutant General of the New York National Guard

MG Kevin Bradley, Acting Deputy Director, Air National Guard

BG Joseph Biehler, Deputy CDR-Operations, 42ID

Command Chief Master Sergeant Amy Giaquinto, New York National Guard

Command Chief Master Sergeant Maureen Dooley, Command Chief, New York Air National Guard

Battalion Color Guard:

Command Sergeant Major Thomas Seifert, Command Sergeant Major 69th Infantry BN

Regimental Wolfhounds

Sergeant Quentin Davis, NCO of the year

Specialist Ilya Titov, Soldier of the year

42nd Infantry Division Band, New York Army National Guard Headquarters and Headquarters Company

Captain David Tuttle, Commanding

Sergeant First Class Jason Cooley, First Sergeant Company A Captain Dennis Tierney, Commanding First Sergeant Jairo Aquino, First Sergeant Company B Captain Matt Calvo, Commanding First Sergeant Celso Benites, First Sergeant Company C Captain Max Rose, Commanding First Sergeant Sean Goodridge, First Sergeant Company D Captain Richard Reilly, Commanding First Sergeant Tim Boyle, First Sergeant

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Company H 427 BSB Captain Howard Love, Commanding First Sergeant Damon Glover, First Sergeant Regimental Headquarters 69th Regiment of New York Regimental Color guard Colonel (Ret) James P. Tierney, Honorary Colonel of the Regiment Chris Finnegan, Piper for the Regimental Staff Regimental Staff LTC (Ret) Walter Montagno, Regimental Adjutant CSM George Brett, Regimental Sergeant Major Bert Cunningham, Regimental Historian LTC Robert Hutter, Honorary Colonel Emeritus Bruce Meyerson, Assistant Historian Regimental Color Guard (carried by a re-enactors from the 69th Regiment, New York State Volunteers) Children of the Fighting 69th Veteran Corps, 69th Regiment Thomas Fitzsimmons, Commander Geoffrey Slack, Senior Liaison to the active Regiment Jose Flores, Senior Vice Commander John Hallanan, Junior Vice Commander John Gundy, Treasurer Dennis Hearn, Recording Secretary Francis Murphy, Board Chairman

Bergen County Police Pipes & Drums, NJ Pipe Major -William Gravies, Brain McKeever Bandmaster

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BANDS BOLD SOCIETIES / CLUBS / ASSOCIATIONS

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Grand Marshal and Aides - Fifth Avenue, 44th to 45th Street

Virginia Military Institute (VMI), Lexington, VA

GRAND MARSHAL

~~LORETTA BRENNAN GLUCKSMAN~~

New York County: Patrick McGettrick

Bronx County: John F. Timoney

Queens County: Virginia Carson Minardi

Kings County: Rosemarie Coulson

Richmond County: Marty Crimmins

Westchester County: Allison Burke

Nassau County: Richard O’Neill

Suffolk County: Eugene Wynne

Rockland County: Jim Russell

Orange County: Keith P. Reynolds

United Irish Counties: Katie Barrett

United Emerald Societies: Dr. Kathleen Cashin

Knights of Saint Patrick: Robert E. Pedersen

Aide at Large: Dr. Timothy McNiff

West 44th Street Page 4

TIME: (5th Avenue - No. 44) 10:45 am

Mayor Bill De Blasio / Police Commissioner, James P. O’Neill

New York City Police Department Marching Band Police Department, NYC Holy Name Society

Police Department, Emerald Society Pipes & Drums Police Department, NYC Emerald Society

F.O.P. Band, NY Police Department, NYC Retirees

Dover Plains High School Band Auxiliary Police Department

Xaverian High School Pipes and Drum (Line up West 43rd 10:45am behind 69th Reg) City Council and public officials, City of New York (Line up on 5th Ave. East side b/t 43-44 St)

New York State Courts Pipes and Drums (BAND ONLY) (Line up West 43rd 10:45am behind Xaverian) Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor, State of New York

New York State Police Pipe Band (Line up West 43rd 10:45am behind NYS Courts Pipes and Drums)

Marching Escort New York State Police (Line up West 43rd 10:45am behind 69th) George P. Beach II , 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 5th Ave. West side 11:00am) Ad Hoc Congressional Committee for Irish Affairs (Line up on 5th Ave. West side 11:00am) U. S. Congress and other State and Federal Officials (Line up on 5th Ave. West side 11:00am) TIME: 11:00 am (No 50 - 6th Avenue)

Randolph Macon Academy Band Irish Defense Force, 28th Infantry, Finner Camp, Ballyshannon, Ireland

Irish Navy Reserve, Waterford, Ireland United Irish Counties Association of New York

Dungloe Marching Band, Dungloe, Co Donegal, Ireland County Sligo S&B Association of New York

Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh Pipe Band, N.J. County Donegal Association of New York

Killian Band, Inver, Co Donegal, Ireland County Laois S & B Association of New York

Mullaghduff Flute & Drum Band, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland

County Derry Society of New York

Equestrian Ladies & Gentlemen Aides U.S. Parks Mounted Police

East 44th Street Page 5

TIME: (5th Avenue – Madison Avenue) 11:20 am

Xavier High School "Blue Knights" Cadet Band Xavier High School, R.O.T.C.

New York University (NYU) Pipes and Drums, NYC Glucksman Ireland House, NYU

Guests of The Grand Marshal Loretta Brennan Glucksman

Arab High School Band, Arab, AL

The Young Leaders Society, The Ireland Fund, NY

St Patrick’s Day Parade Inc., Board of Directors and Trustees

St. Patrick’s Day Foundation, NYC, Directors

Knights of St. Patrick, New York City

Castlerea Brass & Reed Band, Castlerea, Co Roscommon, Ireland County Roscommon Society of New York Roscommon Solstice Choir, Co Roscommon, Ireland

Eastport South Manor High School, Manorville NY County Longford Association of New York

The Kerry Pipers County Kerry P & B Association of New York

Joseph Duelk Jr AOH Div Pipe Band AOH Orange County Board & Divisions 1, 2 & 4

TIME: 11:35 am (Madison Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue)

Boy Scout Troop 236 Drum & Bell Corp Maybrook, NY LAOH Orange County Board

Cathedral High School Marching Band, NY Catholic Education, The Archdiocese of New York

Breezy Point Catholic Club Pipes & Drum, Queens, NY Cardinal McCloskey Community Services, Valhalla, NY Navy ROTC, Villanova

Kelly High School Band, Chicago, IL

County Fermanagh P & B Association of New York

Brick Township High School Band, Brick NJ Lavender & Green Alliance, NY

Monaghan Pipe Band County Monaghan Society of New York

EAST 47th Street PAGE 6 (5th Avenue – Madison Avenue) TIME: 11:45 am

Lyman High School Marching Band and Diamonds Longwood, FL County Antrim Society of New York

St Ann’s of Hampton Pipes & Drum, NJ Boy Scouts of America, NYC

Preble High School Band, Greenbay WI County Wicklow Association of New York

American Park Dancers, Salt Lake City UT

Mount St. Mary’s Academy Marching Band, Kenmore, NY Brehon Law Society Catholic Guild, Bronx, NY

Clark County High School Band, Kahoka, MO County Offaly Society of New York Westlake High School Dance Company, UT

Hauppauge High School Marching Band, NY County Westmeath Association of New York

United States Merchant Marine Academy Marching Band, Kingspoint, NY

An Garda Síochána, Ireland

Cairo-Durham High School Marching Mustang Band, Cairo, NY Out@NBC

WEST 47TH Street Page 7 (5th Avenue – 6th Avenue)

TIME: 12:00 am

FDNY Color Guard FDNY Banner

Emerald Society Pipe Band Color Guard Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro & Chief of Department James E. Leonard 343 Honor Company

Seaford High School Marching Band Fire Department NYC Holy Name Society (A)

West Milford High School Band, NJ 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

The Guard Pipes and Drums Band, NY

AOH, Father Mychal Judge OFM, Division 1, Hudson County N.J.

ONLY FDNY PERSONNEL IN UNIFORM

ARE AUTHORIZED TO MARCH AND LINE UP IN THIS BLOCK

Out of town Firefighters MUST obtain approval from Parade to participate

OTHERWISE

They MUST line up at 4:00 PM East 48th Street between 5th and Madison

Suffolk County Firefighters Emerald Society

West 45th Street Page 8 TIME: (5th Avenue. – No 50.) 12:20pm

Dobyns-Bennett High School Band, Kingsport, TN

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

New York Ancients Fife & Drum Corps Council of Gaelic Societies of New York

Manhattan College Pipe & Drum Band Manhattan College Gaelic Society

Young Colonials Fife & Drum, Carmel, NY Parents and Students, Irish Dancing and Music Association of North America.

Rockland PD Emerald Society Pipes & Drum Corp, Piermont, NY Friends of Ireland, Northwell Health Lenox Hill Hospital

Hudson Valley Regional Pipes & Drums, NY Saint Leo Catholic University

St. Joseph’s by The Sea, Staten Island Grand Council of United Emerald Societies

Port Authority Police Emerald Society Irish War pipe Band Port Authority Police Emerald Society

Iona College Pipe & Drum Band Iona College Gaelic Society

Plumbers and Steamfitters Pipe Band, Local 21, NY Plumbers and Steamfitters, Local 21, NY

TIME: 12:40pm (No 50 – 6th Avenue)

Pipes and Drums, Police Emerald Society of Westchester Police Emerald Society of Westchester

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 only) Nassau County Police Emerald Society

Harrison High School Band, NY Fordham University Gaelic Society

Edward P. Maloney Memorial Pipe and Drum Corps Catholic War Veterans

2nd Marine Division Band, Camp Lejeune, NC U.S. Navy Honor Guard - US Naval Submarine School “Silver Dolphins”, Groton, CT

Navy Operation Center New York, Fort Schuyler, The Bronx

Leatherneck Pipes and Drums, Paramus, New Jersey US Marine Corp Reserve, Marine Corp District New York Marine Corp League

East 45th Street Page 9 TIME: (5th Avenue – Madison Avenue) 1:00 PM

Cardinal Spellman High School Band Cardinal Spellman High School ♣ Our Lady of Peace Lynbrook, Long Island NY Basilica of Old St Patrick’s Cathedral

Valley Forge Military Academy and College Regimental Band NY Air National Guard Honor Guard, Stewart Field, Newburg, NY

Lia Fail Pipe & Drums, NJ Sean Oglaigh na h-Eireann Heritage Association

Friends of Irish Freedom Suburbanettes Twirlers, MA

Park Ridge High School Band, NY Irish Northern Aid

Cumann na Saoirse

Richmond County Pipes, Staten Island, NY Saint Vincent's Hospital School of Nursing Alumni, NY

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA New York Celtic Medical Society

Local 163 I.B.E.W. Pipes and Drums N.Y.C. Dept. of Parks

Amityville Pipe & Drum Band Friends of Erin, Montauk, NY

Ossining High School Band, Ossining, NY Molloy College Gaelic Society, Long Island, NY US Coast Guard, LI, US Coast Guard- New York

TIME: 1:20 pm (Madison Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue)

Cardinal Hayes High School Band Cardinal Hayes High School

Brewster High School Band, Brewster, NY 88th Brigade New York Guard

New Haven Firefighters Pipes & Drums Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT

American Celtic Pipe Band Notre Dame Alumni Society of New York

Gibson County High School Band, Gibson TN Power Memorial High School Alumni, NY

Middletown High School Band, NJ Rice High School Alumni, NY

Onteora High School, Boiseville, NY Myles Scully Div 1 AOH Westchester Co

Johns Creek High School Band, Johns Creek GA All Hallows High School, NY

Sequoyah High School Band, Canton, GA Irish Business Organization (I.B.O.)

St Raymond School Band, East Rockaway, NY St Saviour High School, Brooklyn, NY

. West 46th Street Page 10

TIME: (5th Avenue – No. 50) 1:45pm

AmerScot Highland Pipe Band

Marist College Gaelic Society

Aquinas High School Band, Bronx, NY St. Joseph’s College Gaelic Society, Brooklyn, NY

St. Anthony’s High School Band, Queens, NY St Francis Prep High School, Queens, NYC

LaSalle Academy, Drum Line NY LaSalle Academy, NY

Bishop Hendrickson High School Band, Warwick, RI Providence College Alumni Society of New York

New Milford High School Band, New Milford, NJ Seton Hall University, NJ

Nutmeg Volunteers Fife and Drum Corp Irish Heritage Festival Committee Orange County Mount St Mary’s College

Neptune High School Marching Band, NJ Stonehill College, MA

Brentwood High School Green Machine Band US Customs Emerald Society

Innis Fada Pipe Band, NY Irish American Society of Nassau, Suffolk, & Queens

Sioil na h-Eireann Pipe Band AOH New York State Board LAOH National Board & LAOH New York State Board

Glor Na nGael Pipe Band, NY AOH Queens County Board and Divisions No. 9, 13, 15 & 21

TIME: 2:00pm (No. 50 – 6th Avenue)

Marysville High School Band, Marysville, OH LAOH Queens County Board and Divisions 13, 15

I.B.E.W. Local 25 Pipe Band, NY AOH Nassau County Board & Division

Stratford High School Band, CT AOH Nassau County, Division 3, 8 & 11

Tara Pipes & Drums, Massapequa, LI AOH Nassau County Division 15

Irish Thunder Pipe Band AOH Nassau County Division 17

Ambridge Area High School Band, Ambridge, PA LAOH Nassau County Board

Roisin Dubh Irish Pipe Band, NY LAOH Suffolk County Board

Saffron United Pipe Band, LI AOH Suffolk County Board and Divisions 3 & 8

East 46th Street Page 11

TIME: (5th Avenue – Madison Avenue) 2:20 pm

Knights of Columbus Pipe Band AOH Kings County Board and Division 35

Bishop Kearney High School Band, Brooklyn LAOH Kings County Board and Division 6

Staten Island Pipers Association, Pipe Band AOH Staten Island County Board and Division 1 & 4 LAOH Staten Island County Board and Divisions 1

Clann na Vale Pipe Band AOH Bronx County Board and Divisions 3, 4, 5, & 7

TIME: 2:30 pm (Madison Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue)

Neptune High School Marching Band, NJ LAOH New York County Board and Division 29

♣ Christian Brothers Academy, Albany AOH New York County Board & Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 & 9

Blackthorn Bagpipe Band AOH Westchester County Board Men LAOH Westchester County Board AOH Westchester County Division 11, 18

Rockland County AOH Edward V. Larkin Pipe Band AOH Rockland County Board LAOH Rockland County Board and Division 3

Norwich University Regimental Band Lt. Col. Todd Edwards, Director Mount Saint Michael Academy, Bronx, NY

The Sword of Light Pipe Band (Local 3 IBEW) James Connolly, Irish American Labor Coalition

N.Y.C. Carpenters Pipe & Drums Band New York Minor Board G.A.A.

Jackson Liberty High School, Jackson, NJ Emerald Guild Society (Irish Building Managers of NYC)

Jackson Memorial High School Band, NJ Niall O’Leary School of Irish Dancing

Portsmouth High School Band, Portsmouth, RI American Red Cross

Celtic Cross NYC Pipes and Drums, SI

West 47th Street Page 12 TIME: (5th Avenue – No. 50) 2:40 PM

County Tyrone Society Pipe Band County Tyrone Society of New York

North Strafford High School Band, Strafford, VA Saint John’s University Gaelic Society

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

Cork Pipers Band County Cork P & B Association of New York

TIME: 2:45 pm (No. 50 – 6th Avenue)

County Armagh Pipe Band County Armagh Association of New York

Pomperaug High School Band, CT County Tipperary N & B Association of New York

East 47th Street Page 13 TIME: (5th Avenue – Madison Avenue) 2:55 pm

Ulster County A.O.H. Pipes and Drums & Honor Guard County Clare P.B. & S. Association of New York

Irish Brigade Field Music NJ Irish Brigade Honor Guard

Stephen P Driscoll Memorial Pipes and Drums Band County Waterford Society of New York

Helena High School Band, Helena, AL County Cavan P&B Association of New York

TIME: 3:00 pm (Madison Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue)

Clan na h- Eireann War Pipe Band County Limerick B & S Association of New York

Thomas O’Shaughnessy Memorial Pipe Band, NY County Down Association of New York

Connetquoit High School, Long Island, NY County Leitrim Society of New York

Spirit of Blackrock Fife and Drum Band County Wexford P S & B Association of New York

Double R Twirletts, PA

Brain Boru Pipes and Drums, Malvern, PA County Galway Association of New York

West 48th Street Page 14 TIME: (5th Avenue – No. 40) 3:10 pm

Vernon Township High School Band, Vernon NJ County Mayo Society of New York

Sewanhaka High School Band, Elmont, NY County Louth Society of New York

North Babylon High School, LI, NY County Kilkenny Society of New York TIME: 3:20 pm (No. 40 – 6th Avenue)

Whippany Park High School Band, NJ County Dublin Society of New York

Amityville High School Band, Long Island County Carlow Association of New York

Robert Moses Junior High School Band, NY County Meath Association of New York

Cohoes High School Band, NY County Kildare Association of New York

East 48th Street Page 15

(5th Avenue – Madison Avenue)

TIME: 3:40 PM

Port Richmond High School Band, SI American Irish Teachers Association

Pelham High School Marching Band, Pelham, AL Lambton Firefighter College, Lambton, Canada,

Transit Pride Pipe & Drum Band NYC Transit Emeralds MABSTOA Emerald Society

NYS Courts Emeralds Society

NYC All City High School Marching Band, NYC NY Telephone & Communications Emerald NYC Board of Education Emerald Society

Marching Cougars Drum Line Greenburg, NY Irish American Club Delaware

New Utrecht High School Band Tri-Boro Bridge and Tunnel Emerald Society Suffolk County Firefighters Emerald Society

Out of Town Firefighters

Tappan Zee Bridgemen Marching Band, Terrytown, NY Formation Committee and Line of March Committee

Reilly Dundon – Chairman