Winter Speaker Series: John Ridge: Author of "Celebrating 250 years of the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade"

Through moving narrative literature, historian John T. Ridge explores the past, present and future of Irish-American heritage in a vivid portrait of the nation’s longest-running parade.  Drawing from New York’s most precious photographic archives, editor Lynn Mosher Bushnell has assembled a visual history of the parade that unfolds page by page with hundreds of rare and extraordinary photographs.  John T. Ridge has been attending St. Patrick’s Day Parades since the 1950s when his immigrant Irish parents first took him to watch the spectacle on Fifth Avenue.  For more than 40 years he has been a regular marcher in the ranks.  As historian for the parade committee, John Ridge has combined his insider’s view with years of research in libraries to bring to life a unique picture of New York’s oldest parade.  No Registration Required.