Parade in NYC on 9/9 -- Why? By Peter Hannaford
What is the purpose of a parade? That's easy. It's to celebrate or honor particular people or events. Irish-Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Italian-Americans celebrate the Genoa mariner on Columbus Day. Macy's celebrates Thanksgiving with a parade of giant balloon figures. Gays and lesbians celebrate their lifestyles with Gay Pride parades. What do American Muslims celebrate when they parade?
Consider the date of this year's United American Muslim Day Parade in New York City: this coming Sunday, September 9, only two days before the sixth anniversary of the radical Islamists' attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in which more than 3,000 people died.
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