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2010 Rocky Point St Patrick's Day Parade

Sunday, March 14th, 2010 - 1 pm

 

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FRIENDS OF ST. PATRICK CELEBRATE A LANDMARK

WITH 60TH ANNUAL MILLER PLACE-ROCKY POINT PARADE

            History takes place on Sunday March 14 at 1 PM, as the Friends of St. Patrick present their 60th Annual Miller Place-Rocky Point St. Patrick’s Day Parade.           

To honor this milestone event, the Friends of St. Patrick will honor all Grand Marshals who have led the parade over the past six decades.

In 1950 a committee was formed by local businessmen John M. Sullivan and George Faulkner. The purpose of their group was to create an event to rouse the local residents out of their homes from a largely summer community, and allow friends and neighbors to intermingle and reconnect with each other after months of winter hibernation. What a better way to welcome the early arrival of spring than to celebrate St. Patrick, and a parade was organized in his honor where green would replace the grayness of winter for the day.

On the afternoon of Sunday March 11, 1951, Grand Marshal John M. Sullivan, adorned with a top hat, mounted a horse in front of his business (then Sullivan’s Tavern) on the northeast corner of Harrison Avenue and Route 25A in Miller Place.  He set forth his journey from the same location that it does today, eastward along a then mostly wooded Route 25A to his final destination of Rocky Point with his parade in tow.  From that day forward a precedent was set and the tradition continues, with the Friends of St. Patrick now having second and third generation members on its committee.

Year after year, the parade grew in volume and popularity and has now become the most anticipated event of our local hamlets.  It draws an estimated 50,000 plus spectators, and has thousands more that march and participate, making this parade the largest in Brookhaven Town and the second oldest in Suffolk County.

All are invited to attend a gala celebration marking the historic 60th Anniversary of the Miller Place-Rocky Point St. Patrick’s Day Parade and the past Grand Marshals.  On Sunday February 28 at The Grand Ball Room at East Wind Caterers on Route 25A in Wading River, the Friends of St. Patrick will hold their annual fundraising Cocktail Party from 4 to 8 PM.  Tickets are available now by calling:  631-744-2502.

For further information regarding our events and organization please visit our website at:  www.friendsofsaintpatrick.com. For historical information, please contact Committee Historian Jim O’Sullivan at:631-744-9634. 

 

 

The Friends of St. Patrick are proud to announce that the Grand Marshal of their 59th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade is Town of Brookhaven Superintendent of Highways Mr. John H. Rouse, which takes place on Sunday March 15 at 1 PM.

 

Our parade began in1950 and continues along the original three mile course, allowing the residents of our neighboring hamlets, mainly Rocky Point, Sound Beach and Miller Place to enjoy a spirited parade. The parade begins at 1pm on the intersection of Harrison Ave. and Rt. 25A in Miller Place and continues along Rt. 25A to Broadway in Rocky Point.

 

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the most historic Saint Patrick Day parade organizations in New York State. We are located on the north shore of Long Island, NY sixty-five miles East of New York City.

The parade began in 1951 and continues along the original three mile course, allowing the  residents of our neighboring hamlets mainly, Rocky Point, Sound Beach and Miller Place to enjoy a spirited parade. The parade begins at 1pm on the intersection of Harrison Avenue and Route 25A in Miller Place and continues along Route 25A to Broadway in Rocky Point.

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