The 33rd Annual Columbus Day Observance Parade will proceed down Bethel roads Monday morning.  The annual event features local residents dressed as Christopher Columbus, Queen Isabella and George Washington with Billy Michael leading a quartet in the “Tarantella". 

Longtime organizer Geri Mills says the parade starts at Caraluzzi’s parking lot at 8:45 am.  The parade moves down South Street, Depot Place and onto Greenwood Avenue where it ends at about 9am with speeches at P.T. Barnum Square.  The  Italian flag will be raised at P.T. Barnum Square following the parade. 

The half-hour event will celebrate the contributions and history of Italian immigrants and their descendants to the town and the country.