Happy Columbus Day. Join us at the parade Monday at noon, on 5th Ave.

0:00 Speaker 1 Well, folks, tomorrow is Columbus Day and there’s a big parade on Fifth Avenue. With us today is Angelo Vivilo. He’s a board member the Columbus Citizens Foundation and also we the Columbus Heritage Foundation. Angelo. Welcome to WABC and tomorrow you got a big parade on Monday.

0:23 Speaker 2 Oh hey, great being with you, John. Yes, on Monday, we have the National Columbus Day Parade. We know that it’s gonna be tens of thousands of people across the country celebrating Columbus Day in the Tri state area, a lot of parades, but there’ll be no bigger parade than the National Columbus Day Parade celebrated by the Columbus Citizens

0:40 Foundation on Monday. And we’re looking forward to seven seventy ABC being there along with us and talking about the parade. It’s gonna be a great day for everybody.

0:50 Speaker 1 WABC is gonna carry it and seventy seven WABC between twelve and one. I know Curtis Sleeve will be there. I’ll be there. Uh. Senator Alfonse the motto is gonna be there, uh, and we’re all going to uh. You know, Senator Alfonse, the motolo one of the greatest senators we’ve had in New York is one hundred percent Italian and

1:12 and he defends the Italians. Now, all the banks are closed on Monday in New York, So why are they trying to take down the Columbus statue?

1:23 Speaker 2 Well, that is uh, we can’t understand that there’s no reason for that whatsoever. Look, we here, Monday is gonna be great celebration not only for Italian Americans, but for all Americans because of the great discovery of Columbus and his initiative and what he did. And we’re so delighted, John that you’ve invited so many great people Italians and

1:46 like like the great Senator Alfonse to Motto and others who will be on the great site on Monday and talking about Columbus and Italian American heritage culture.

1:56 Speaker 1 Agreed one hundred percent. Tell us what’s reach does it start? What time does it start? On Columbus on Fifth Avenue?

2:06 Speaker 2 It starts at It starts at twelve noon, and it’s at forty sixth Street and Fifth Avenue, and it goes all the way uptown to seventy second Street. We’ll have over thirty thousand people marching. We’ll have one hundred different participants from all over, not only all over the metropolitan area, but also valuable and very important guests from Italy. So

2:31 it’s going to be a grand day. And let’s hope that the weather’s good and we’ll have a couple one hundred thousand people on the sidelines on Fifth Avenue watching the Great National Columbus Day Parade.

2:42 Speaker 1 And WABC is going to be broadcasting in on WABC radio dot com and on your iPhone app seventy seven WABC and reappear in fifty states and one hundred and seventy three countries. Oh my God, and I look forward to to talking to you on the air on Monday on Columbus Avenue on the best have you in the world,

3:06 Fifth Avenue.

3:08 Speaker 2 Hey, John, I don’t know how to thank you. You’re just incredible to do this. You and Margot support this very important day for Italian Americans, and God bless you for all that.

3:18 Speaker 1 I’m twenty eight percent Italian, so God bless and I love the food and I love Italian food. God bless you, and God bless for everything you do. And we’ll see you on Monday morning. Looking forward to it. Thank you, John,