100+ Italian-American Authors to March in Columbus Day Parade
Barnes & Noble and the Columbus Citizens Foundation have announced that more than 100 Italian-American authors will be marching up Fifth Avenue in this year’s Columbus Day Parade. Chairman andfounder of Barnes & Noble Len Riggio will serve as grand marshal of the 73rd Columbus Day Parade and created the theme for this year, “A Celebration of Italian-American Authors.” The full list of authors marching includes bestsellers like David Baldacci, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Nelson DeMille, Wally Lamb, Lisa Scottoline, Gay Talese, Adriana Trigiani, Danny Aiello, Tony Danza, and Susan Lucci. Barnes & Noble will hand out 50,000 copies of a beautifully bound edition of The Constitution of the United States of America with the Declaration of Independence for free at the parade.
The annual parade, the largest celebration of Italian-American heritage and culture in the United States, will take place in Manhattan on Monday, October 9, beginning at 11:00 a.m.
