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The Martin Luther King Jr. Parade is usually held on the third Sunday in May. The parade begins at noon at 61st Street and continues north along Fifth Avenue to 86th Street. There are a variety of marchers, floats and marching bands in the parade.
The parade began in Harlem in 1959 to honor African-Americans who fell in the battlefields of various wars, particularly those who fought in 369th Regiment, the first American Regiment to reach the Rhine in 1918 during World War I. The parade was moved to Fifth Avenue in 1964 and dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. after his assassination in 1968. Some 25,000 people participate in the parade in NYC each year. |
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