2019 Cleveland St. Patrick's Day Photos

Lots of photos from the 2019 Cleveland St. Patrick's Day

Judge Terrence O'Donnell and Bishop Nelson perez

Gaelic Glenn Alpacas

West Side Irish American Club at Parade

Division 2 kicked off with the West Side Irish American Club.

Photos and video of Division 2 and the West Side Irish American Club.

Irish American Club East Side at Parade

There were 3 Divisions to the Parade. Division 1 was led by the Irish American Club East Side and their first-place winning float.

See video and photos of the IACES and Division 1

2019 St. Patrick's Day Parade in Cleveland

The 2019 St Patrick's Day Parade in Cleveland was the 177th in the city.

Before the Parade. honorees and dignitaries gathered on the steps of the Cosgrove Center including Grand Marshall Bill Homan, Mother of the Year Eileen Kilroy, Inside Co-Chair Patti Maher Hanrahan and Outside Co-Chair Sr. Corita Ambro.

See Grand Marshall Bill Homan blow the whistle and more

2019 Cleveland International Hall of Fame Inductions

Photos/videos of the 2019 Cleveland International Hall of Fame Inductions

Gio Castiglione sang the national anthem

MC Chris Tanaka

CIHF Co-founder Dan Hanson

Cleveland Firefighters Honor Guard

Invocation with Sreedhara Sree, a Hindu priest at Shiva Vishnu Temple,

Attendees at the 2019 Induction Ceremony for the Cleveland International Hall of Fame

Lots of great people at the 2019 Induction Ceremony for the Cleveland International Hall of Fame.

Check out the Cleveland International Hall of Fame Photo Page

Sree Sreenath PhD inducted into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame.

Photos and videos of Sree Sreenath PhD being inducted into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame.

Sree Sreenath

Ramesh Shah of the Association of Indian Physicians of Northern Ohio
inducts Sree Sreenath PhD, into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame.

Marilyn Madigan inducted into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame.

Photos and video of Marilyn Madigan being inducted into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame.

Marilyn Madigan

John O’Brien Jr., publisher of Ohio Irish American News inducts 
Marilyn Madigan, Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians national secretary,
into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame.

Richard Fleischman inducted into Cleveland International Hall of Fame

Photos and videos of Richard Fleischman being inducted into Cleveland International Hall of Fame

Richard Fleischman

Hungarian community leader Ernie Mihaly inducts architect
Richard Fleischman into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame.

Paul Burik inducted into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame

Photos and video of Paul Burik being inducted into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame

Paul Burik

University Circle Incorporated CEO Chris Ronayne inducts 
Paul Burik into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame

Ingrida Bublys inducted into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame

Photos and video of Ingrida Bublys being inducted into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame  

Ingrida Bublys

Alex Machaskee inducts Ingrida Bublys into the
Cleveland International Hall of Fame

Akram Boutros inducted into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame

Photos and video of Akram Boutros being inducted into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame  

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish inducted Akram Boutros MD, 
into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame. 

Polish Heritage in Slavic Village – Gene Bak and Tony Brancatelli

Cleveland Councilman Tony Brancatelli whose ward includes Slavic Village in Cleveland and Gene Bak, director of the John Paul II Polish American Cultural Center spoke about the significance of the Constitution of May 3rd and Polish history.  They also told of the importance of the new Polish Heritage Garden in the community.

More of the Polish Heritage Garden in Slavic Village

Polish Constitution Day Parade 2019 in Cleveland’s Slavic Village

MC Ray Vargas announced the groups marching in the 2019 Polish Constitution Day Parade as they approached the John Paul II Polish American Cultural Center in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood.

More from the Polish Constitution Day Parade 2019 in Cleveland’s Slavic Village 

Importance of Polish Constitution of May 3rd

Ray Vargas, chair of the 2019 Polish Constitution Day in Cleveland’s Slavic Village, explained the importance of the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791 in front of a placard in the Polish Heritage Garden at the John Paul II Polish American Cultural Center.

More from the 2019 Polish Constitution Day in Cleveland’s Slavic Village

Youngsters working in Community Garden in Slavic Village

The future looks bright when you have young people like this doing volunteer work in their neighborhood. These two young people from Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood live on the street and were working hard on their community garden.

More from Slavic Village

Old Warsaw Polka Polish Dance by PIAST

PIAST, the Polish Artistic Folk Song and Dance Ensemble, performed at the 2019 Polish Constitution Day in Cleveland’s Slavic Village in the John Paul II Polish American Cultural Center in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood.

The grand finale was the Old Warsaw Polka Polish Dance.

More from the Polish Constitution Day event

Polish History in 27 placards in the Heritage Garden in Cleveland

Dan Hanson walked through the Polish Heritage Garden behind the John Paul II Polish American Cultural Center in the Slavic Village neighborhood of Cleveland.

He enumerated the 27 different placards that depict Polish history throughout the ages including the Constitution of May 3, John Paul II, World War II, Copernicus, Chopin and others.

Interested people and students should visit the beautiful garden to see the highlights of centuries of Polish history.

Watch the short video below

See more of the Polish in Cleveland

Lebanese Cultural Garden Groundbreaking

Phase 1 of the plans to create a Lebanese Cultural Garden, part of the chain of Cleveland Cultural Gardens, took place on Saturday May 4, 2019 with a ceremonial groundbreaking event.

Lebanese Cultural Garden

Pierre Bejjani, Chairman of the American Lebanese Community Council told the story of how Lebanese Cultural Garden, part of the chain of Cleveland Cultural Gardens, came about. He said "The dream has become a reality."

See more photos and videos from the Lebanese Cultural Garden

The next generation

First annual Global Cleveland Sister Cities Conference

Cleveland is a sister city with over 20 other cities from around the world. Global Cleveland worked with other organizations to promote and enhance these relationships with the first annual Sister Cities Conference held at the Cleveland Public Library.

David Fleshler, Felton Thomas, Sherrie Miday,
Valarie McCall, Hiro Fujita and Joe Cimperman 

Flags of the world

Turkish group spell out that Turkey is cool

Delegation from Volgograd Russia

See more photos and videos from the Sister Cities kickoff event

Cleveland American Middle East Organization 49th anniversary

Cleveland American Middle East Organization 49th anniversary

The Cleveland American Middle East Organization (CAMEO) is a nonpartisan, nonsectarian political action organization established in 1970. They celebrated their 49th anniversary at a dinner event at St. Elias Cultural Center.

CAMEO honored Dr. Nizar Zein, Mr. Husein Rabah and Mediterranean Market at the event.

Photos and videos of the CAMEO event

Husein Rabah and family members

Dr. Nizar Zein and family members

CAMEO President Pierre Bejjani

Interfaith Prayer Service for the Victims of the Sri Lanka Bombings

Interfaith Prayer Service for the Victims of the Sri Lanka Bombings

The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist will host a memorial prayer service led by the Most Reverend Nelson J. Perez, bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland, to remember all victims, deceased and living, of the Sri Lanka bombings on Sunday, April 28 at 7:30 pm. This service is open to all people and religions throughout Northeast Ohio. Parking is available at the Cathedral Square parking garage and surface parking lot just east of the parking garage.



The service of prayer and reflection will include the Sri Lankan Choir of Greater Cleveland.More details

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