NY National Guard's "Fighting 69th" leds St. Patrick's Day Parade, welcomes new comma

[The Patriot]

NEW YORK – The New York Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion 69th Infantry started St. Patrick’s Day with one commander and ended it with another.Lt. Col. Don Makay marched at the head of the battalion as it led the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade up 5th Avenue. It was the 168th time the 69th Infantry led the world’s biggest St. Patrick’s Day parade and Makay’s third time leading the parade.Following the parade, Makay turned command of the 800 Soldiers of the battalion over to Lt. Col. Joseph Whaley, during a ceremony in the Great Hall of Cooper Union college.


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