Members of the Port Chester Columbus Day Parade Committee place a wreath in front of the statue of Christopher Columbus up on a hill at Columbus Park off Ryan Avenue on the morning of the parade—Sunday, Oct. 9, and the day before the official holiday celebrating Columbus’s arrival in the Americas on Oct. 12, 1492. From left, Hope Vespia, Debbie Scocchera, Port Chester Trustee Phil Dorazio, Mayor Luis Marino, Mark Scocchera, Toni Sacco, Tricia Gianfransico, Charlie Sacco and Scott LaDore.
After the gathering at Columbus Park on the morning of Oct. 9, Mayor Luis Marino, who was grand marshal of the Columbus Day Parade later that day, raises the Italian flag in Liberty Square which will fly for the month of October.
The statue of Christopher Columbus in Port Chester’s Columbus Park on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 9. Jananne Abel|Westmore News
