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Then-Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy in attendance at the 1958 Holyoke St. Patrick's Parade, receiving an honor as an "outstanding American of Irish parentage" from parade committee President James F. Millane, on the lawn of the Holyoke City Hall. [3]
The pipe band performing in the 2019 Holyoke Saint Patrick's Day Parade. The band would make its first official appearance in Holyoke in the July 4th parade of 1910, with 8 pipers, 2 snares, and a bass drummer led by pipe major Ramsay, who went on to serve the band in this capacity until 1930.
In recent years the Holyoke Saint Patrick's Day Parade typically attracts 350,000 to 450,000 people each year. [184] Featured in the parade every year since the first in 1952 is the Holyoke Caledonian Pipe Band, [185] founded in 1910, it is the oldest pipe band continuously operating in the United States. [186] [187]
1984 – The first annual Holyoke Puerto Rican Parade is held in South Holyoke proceeding to Springdale Park. [169] January 1: Following the opening of their modern store in the Holyoke Mall and reduced foot traffic, Steiger's closes its High Street store, the chain's first standalone store building, after 84 years. [170] 1986
Holyoke Saint Patrick's Day Parade, Holyoke, Massachusetts, since 1952 [40] Baltimore, Maryland, ... JFK was a National Award Winner in the 1958 Holyoke Parade. Other ...
HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Drugs and weapons were seized, as well as two arrests made, during a search warrant at 93 Lyman Street in Holyoke on Tuesday. Holyoke Saint Patrick’s Parade toy drive ...
Among the city's annual events are the Western Massachusetts Puerto Rican Parade and Festival, a three-day festival, held every summer in Springdale Park since 1984. [52] [93] Additionally El Sabor de South Holyoke ("Taste of South Holyoke Festival"), which features local Puerto Rican cuisine, has been held annually in the fall since 2016. [94]
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