{"id":466,"date":"2025-10-14T02:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/466\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T02:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:37:24","slug":"morris-park-streets-lined-with-revelers-for-columbus-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/466\/","title":{"rendered":"Morris Park streets lined with revelers for Columbus Day Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The streets of Morris Park were filled with spectators as people marched in the annual Columbus Day Parade.<\/p>\n<p>Among the groups marching was Preston High School. Cielo John, a senior at the school, shared her thoughts on the significance of the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s not my last parade at another school, it\u2019s not my last parade in another town, it\u2019s my last parade with Preston, as it should be, and I\u2019m very happy this is it,&#8221; said John.<\/p>\n<p>The Bally\u2019s Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/preston-high-school-opens-its-doors-following-fight-to-keep-school-open\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">purchased the embattled school<\/a> earlier this year for $8.5 million. It will lease it back to the Sisters of Divine Compassion for just $1 a year.<\/p>\n<p>John reflected on the importance of this year\u2019s parade, not just for the holiday, but also because her school is able to participate without the threat of closure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It feels great that we still get to be a part of the community, as Preston always has been and will continue to be for years to come,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s 48th annual Columbus Day Parade was filled with sights and sounds, but for many, the most important aspect was continuing the yearly tradition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The streets of Morris Park were filled with spectators as people marched in the annual Columbus Day Parade.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,524,525,9,24,63,526,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-columbus-day-parade","10":"tag-morris-park","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-preston-high-school","15":"tag-the-bronx","16":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","17":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}