Puerto Rican Day Parade Celebrates 68 Years
- On Sunday, June 8, Fifth Avenue in Manhattan hosted the 68th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade, attracting large crowds who came together to celebrate Puerto Rican culture and heritage.
- The parade commenced with a ribbon-cutting event led by prominent elected leaders, including the state's governor and the Senate Minority Leader, to officially celebrate the cultural occasion.
- The festivities featured music, influential Puerto Rican figures, and a theme of 'Plantando Bandera' highlighting community roots and heritage contributions.
- Governor Hochul announced a $9 million investment into Hispanic cultural centers, including $7 million for Buffalo and $2 million for New York City, affirming ongoing support.
- The parade reinforced Puerto Rican cultural pride with over one million estimated attendees, and the event is considered the largest cultural festival celebrating the diaspora in the U.S.
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The 68th edition of the Puerto Rican National Parade took place last Sunday on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. Thousands of people came to witness the Boricua flag, the parade of artists, politicians and delegates from the Island of Charm who moved to the rhythm of music. “I am very excited and [...]
The streets of the Big Apple received on Sunday thousands of Puerto Ricans who celebrated Puerto Ricanism and its culture at the 67th edition of the traditional stop.


Thousands flock to NYC’s famed Puerto Rican Day Parade: ‘It’s beautiful’
The Puerto Rican Day Parade drew huge crowds to Manhattan on Sunday, with revelers putting their pride on boisterous display in what organizers called the largest cultural festival in the country.
New York City, 8 Jun (EFE).- Thousands of Puerto Rican flags waved this Sunday on Fifth Avenue in the parade that gathers hundreds of members of this community every year, arriving from all parts of the U.S. and from Puerto Rico and that today, once again, shouted proudly “I am Boricua pa’ that you know”! Considered the largest event of Puerto Ricans in the U.S., and that has come to summon in the past up to a million people, the national parade…
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