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New York
The General Chairman of the 49th Annual German-American Steuben Parade in
New York City, Lars Halter, is proud to announce that Super Model, Actress
and Business Woman, Carol Alt will be this year's Grand Marshal!
The NYC native,
who was born in College Point, Queens and raised inLong Island, will be
marching on NYC's prestigious Fifth Avenue come Saturday, September 16,
2006, at 12:00 noon.Ms. Alt, who traces her German roots to her father,
joins the ranks of famous NY personalities George Stein-brenner and Donald
Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Pataki, and former Fox 5
anchorman John Roland as Grand Marshal of this grandest display of
German-American pride and culture in this country! Other Grand Marshals have
included Actor Eric Braden from the "Young and the Restless," world renowned
magicians Siegfried and Roy, and former FBI Director Louis J. Freeh. In
addition, Ms. Alt is only the second female Parade Grand Marshal since
Nassau County Supreme Court Judge Ute Lally was the Grand Marshal over 15
years ago.
The "Steuben
Parade" is named after Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, a Prussian
General who in 1777 was invited by Benjamin Franklin to help General George
Washington turn a bunch of patriotic boys into what would eventually become
the Continental Army! Presently, the Parade celebrates the many
accomplishments and contributions of the largest group of immigrants to this
country, those of Germanic descentaccording to the 2000 census, 1 in 5
Americans is of Germanic descent. Names like Roebling (Brooklyn Bridge),
Strauss (clothing), Steinway (pianos), Lindbergh/Erhardt (flight), von Braun
(space exploration), Ruth/Gehrig (sports), Pfifer/Dietrich (entertainment),
Eisen-hower/Kissinger (diplomacy and politics), and Einstein (physics) are
only a select few of those who have contributed so much, not only to what is
today's America, but to the rest of the world!
The entire
German-American Parade Committee is extremely proud of Carol Alt's many
accomplishments and contributions, as it is to have Carol as the 49th Parade
Grand Marshal this September 16th.
For more
information on the 49th Annual German-American Steuben Parade in New York
City, please visit our website at www.germanparadenyc.org. |
