Hundreds of thousands of people celebrated at the Puerto Rican Day Parade along Fifth Avenue on Sunday. As ShoshBedrosian reports, spectators say it reminds them how important it is to preserve their culture.
"When you live so far away from your island, you grab to anything that you can to celebrate your people, your culture, so taking it with my daughters," said Janet, who came from New Jersey to watch the parade.The parade's themes this year were music, culture and joy. For so many Puerto Ricans CBS2 spoke to, they say it's all about preserving who they are and passing it down to future generations.
"We're trying to keep it alive forever. The flag, we're real proud of this flag," said Luis, from Trenton, New Jersey. Nearly 5 million Puerto Ricans live in the United States, with hundreds of thousands of them living in New York."It's a beautiful day. It's a reminder that this is such an extraordinary melting pot, and the people of Puerto Rico have been here for many, many years," Hochul said.
"I like to say New York is the San Juan of America. It is where everything comes together," Adams said."The struggles that we've been through. It took us a long time to be here. Even COVID tried to take us away, but we're back again, and it just makes us feel proud of our heritage, being here again," said David, who lived in Puerto Rico.
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