Prepare for Parades in Peekskill/Cortlandt

Get ready for marching bands and festival fun. The City of Peekskill has approved resolutions for three different parades to wind through the downtown, and Buchanan has a St. Patrick's Day parade planned. See schedule below.

Mardi Gras Parade: March 3, 5:45 to 6:15 p.m., thrown by theas part of its Mardi Gras celebration to support its this summer. The parade will stay on the sidewalks; begin at the gazebo at Park and N. Division streets, head east on Park Street, south through the parking lot to Brown Streeet and end at Elks Lodge.

March 10, 3 to 4:30 p.m., thrown by the Peekskill St. Patrick’s Day Committee. The parade will begin on South Division Street, proceed down First Street, north on Union Avenue, east on Central Avenue, north on Division Street, east on Main Street, south on James Street, west on Brown Street, ending at the Paramount Center.

Buchanan St. Patrick's Day Parade: March 11, 2 p.m. The parade will be led this year by Grand Marshal Paul O'Brien and his Aides Adam McCauley and Stuart Rickett.The Grand Marshall and Aides are nominated by local citizens as well as the Buchanan St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee.  The honorees are nominated based on their outstanding service to the community. 

Juneteenth Parade: June 16, the celebration will run from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the parade will be thrown by the .

Juneteenth commemorates the date when slaves in Texas learned that slavery had been abolished and it is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.

The parade will begin on Park Street and proceed north on Broad Street, west on Main Street, south on Nelson Avenue, west on Central Avenue, and end at Central Avenue and Washington Street, with participants walking to the Lincoln Depot on Water Street.