Archive: Columbus Day Parade Info for 2013 & 2012
| 2013 IAPSNJ Columbus Day Parade Queen Miss Nicole Attanasio of Mountainside, N.J. |
| 2013 IAPSNJ Parade Grand Marshal Somerset County Sheriff Frank Provenzano of Raritan, N.J. |
| Saturday, October 12th Jersey City Columbus Day Parade |
| Marchers and police vehicles should assemble at the corner of Newark Avenue & Merseles St. in downtown Jersey City at Noon. Marchers should be in department uniform or business attire to march. |
| Sunday, October 13th Morris County Columbus Day Parade |
| Marchers and police vehicles should assemble at the East Hanover Fire Department at Ridgedale Ave. & De Forest St. at 1:30PM. Marchers should be in department uniform or business attire to march. There will be an Italian Festival afterwards. |
| Monday, October 14th NYC Columbus Day Parade |
| Marchers and police vehicles should meet at the Port Authority Police Administration Bldg at 500 Boulevard East, Weehawken, NJ at 8:30am in department uniform or business attire. Breakfast will be served and personal cars can be parked at the PAPD until we return. We will be joining the NYPD Columbia Assn for lunch afterwards in NYC. |
| Family members are more than welcome to march with us dressed in smart attire. No sweats or jeans please as the parade is shown live in WNBC Channel 4 NYC |
| Any department able to bring vehicles or motorcycles please contact me via e mail wschievella@gmail.com prior to coming. |
Thank you to Joe Piscopo & Maria Bartiromo 2012
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2013 IAPSNJ Columbus Day Parade Queen Miss Nicole Attanasio
Queen of the 2013 Columbus Day Parades, 17 year old Nicole Attanasio of Mountainside, NJ, is the daughter of IAPSNJ executive board member Lt. Allan Attanasio of the Mountainside Police Department. She attends Governor Livingston High School in Berkeley Heights, NJ where she is an active member of several clubs including Italian and Art. She is in her fourth year of Italian language studies and is a member of the National Honor Society. She is a letter holder from the high school swim team and works as a lifeguard at Mountainside’s community pool. Her hobbies include swimming and traveling.
2013 Honorary Parade Grand Marshal –Somerset County Sheriff Frank Provenzano
A lifelong resident of Somerset County who resides in the Borough of Raritan with his wife Lou Ann. Sheriff Provenzano joined Bridgewater Township Police Department in 1968 and retired in 2001 as Captain of the Administration Division. As a member of Bridgewater Police he has seen all aspects of police work from road patrol to working under-cover assignments in the detective bureau and the Commander of Emergency Service Division, which included, SCUBA, Heavy Rescue and Haz-Mat. He was an assistant coordinator for the Somerset County Emergency Response Team, hostage negotiations unit. He is a graduate of 2002 National Sheriffs’ Institute Executive Development Program, sponsored by the National Sheriffs’ Association and the National Institute of Corrections.
Saturday, October 12th Jersey City Columbus Day Parade 1:00PM
Marchers should assemble at the corner of Newark Avenue & Merseles St. in downtown Jersey City at Noon.
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Sunday, October 13th Morris County Columbus Day Parade–East Hanover
Monday, October 14th NYC Columbus Day Parade
Marchers and police vehicles should meet at the Port Authority Police Administration Bldg at 500 Boulevard East, Weehawken, NJ at 8:30am Sharp in department uniform or business attire. Breakfast will be available and personal cars can be parked at the PAPD until we return. Car pooling is encouraged as parking is limited at the PAPD administration lot.
Family members are more than welcome to march with us dressed in smart attire. No sweats of jeans please as the parade is shown live in WNBC Channel 4 NYC
All vehicles must be approved prior to parade day.
After the parade we will be joining the NYPD Columbia Association for lunch. It is a nice opportunity to share a meal together to celebrate the holiday.
The 2013 Committee
Al Attanasio- Chairman
David Cavaliere
John Sisto
Mike Puzio
Pete Serrone
See last year’s info in the Archives