Thousands of Greeks in U.S. Attend Greek Independence Day Parades

New York Greek Independence Day Parade 2026. Credit: GreekReporter

The Greek Independence Day Parade was underway connected New York’s Fifth Avenue, Boston, and Philadelpheia connected Sunday, April 26.

Thousands of participants and spectators gathered for the yearly lawsuit to grant the heroes of 1821 and observe the immortal Greek spirit.

Evzones guards from Greece joined U.S. Greeks associations, schools and pupil organizations successful the parades marking the 205th day of the Greek War of Independence.

More than 110 groups took portion successful New York alone, with 47 of them featuring their ain floats.

The top Greek Independence Day parade successful U.S.

In New York, the parade is the item of a three-day bid of events, which included the accepted flag-raising ceremonial astatine Bowling Green and the expansive marshals’ reception like each year.

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The yearly Greek Parade is being organized nether the auspices of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, with Louis Katsos serving arsenic the Chairman of the 45-member, 2026 Greek Independence Day Parade Committee.

John A. Katsimatidis and Nicholas Tsakos were this year’s Grand Marshals.

The taxable of the parade was the 205/250th Anniversaries of 2 revolutions agreed by the enduring ideals of freedom, self-determination, and civic virtue; the Greek War of Independence (1821) and the American Declaration of Independence (1776).

Evzones instrumentality to Boston aft 25 years

The Greek emblem was raised astatine Boston’s City Hall Plaza besides connected Friday up of the 30th Greek Independence Day Parade successful the city.

The solemnisation was joined by the Evzones Presidential Guard for the archetypal clip successful 25 years.

“Moments similar these punctual america of the heavy roots and lasting contributions of the Greek-American community,” the Federation of Hellenic American Societies of New England wrote connected their Facebook page.

In Philadelphia, celebrations started from the Doxology astatine Saint George Cathedral and continued with the parade on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, bringing unneurotic Greek churches, schools, and families from crossed the region.