Unity parade of flags will open 2016 International Day of Friendship
More than 180 ethnicities are represented in Brooklyn and over 90 languages are spoken in the borough, with 47 percent of residents speaking a second language in their homes.
These diverse groups will all celebrate together as part of the borough president’s third annual International Friendship Day this Sunday, Aug. 7, from 1 to 5 p.m.
The Unity Parade of Flags will kick off the International Day of Friendship Celebration. The borough president’s youth and country delegates will carry the flags of all 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations. Starting at 1 p.m., delegates and parade marchers will walk from Fulton Mall to Borough Hall at 209 Joralemon St., a spokesman for the borough president told the Brooklyn Eagle via email on Monday.