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 Copyrighted by the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade, Inc. No part of this document may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without the Express written permission from the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Inc. Copyright 2018. All rights reserved 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 KEY . BANDS BOLD SOCIETIES / CLUBS / ASSOCIATIONS Page 3 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 th EAST 47 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 TH WEST 47 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 th West 45 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