Was there a good turn out for the 2009 Israel Day Parade in New York City?”
Israeli day parade 2009, Israeli Day Parade, also known as the Salute to Israel Parade, is an annual parade held in New York City each summer to celebrate the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. The parade is billed by the organizers as the largest meeting of people in support of the nation of Israel in the world. A typical Salute to Israel will include floats, marching bands, and various other participants parading 100,000 strong up Fith Avenue to the delight of some 1 million spectators. New York Salute to Israel Parade This year, the parade up Fifth Avenue is scheduled for Sunday May 31, 2009. The parade has been an annual event in New York since its first year in 1964. It draws people of all ages from Jewish schools and synagogues, and a variety of other organizations. The organization does not, however, draw much support from the actual Israeli community of New York, which stands at roughly one and a half million people. Of course, a parade in support of the nation of Israel
