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TV News Recordings of Menorah Parade & Lighting in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
ABC2, WBAL-TV 11, WJZ-TV 13, WBFF-Fox 45

The procession left drove onto the JFX to the Inner Harbor. It culminated in McKeldin Square, where a menorah lighting ceremony, live musical entertainment, and 500 hot latkes, 500 donuts, 500 bottles of spring water and 20 gallons of hot apple cider awaited us.

People gather in Baltimore's McKeldin Square for the first night of Chanukah. (Gene Sweeney Jr./Baltimore Sun video)

Members of the Maryland Jewish community joined Baltimore leaders for the lighting of the menorah. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake attended Tuesday night's ceremony in McKeldin Square to mark the beginning of the eight-day Chanukah celebration.

Baltimore will mark the first night of Hanukkah with the lighting of a giant menorah at a park near the Inner Harbor.

The "Festival of Lights" begins at sundown
The annual lighting of the Menorah will begin tonight at 7:30p.m. at McKeldin Square in downtown Baltimore.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore will mark the first night of Hanukkah with the lighting of a giant menorah at a park near the Inner Harbor.

TV News Recordings from Menorah Parade and Lighting in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
ABC2, WBAL-TV 11, WJZ-TV 13, WBFF-Fox 45

It was quite a sight, almost surreal-approximately 100 vehicles of all types driving parade-style, sporting menorahs on their roofs and Chanukah-themed signs, from Yeshivat Rambam in Upper Park Heights to McKeldin Square at the Inner Harbor. At McKeldin Square, about 600 attendees enjoyed music, latkes, jelly doughnuts and hot drinks, while Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake helped light the chanukiah.

Baltimore, Md - Dec. 7, 2010 - It's not every day you get to see history in the making. But Motzaei Shabbos, Saturday night, Dec. 4, at the inauguration of the new annual Chabad Chanukah parade, the more than 500 of us who were there were allowed the opportunity

BALTIMORE -- Baltimore City residents celebrated Hanukkah Saturday, in downtown Baltimore.
Rawlings-Blake lit the menorah and addressed the crowd.
"We hope this will be the first of many celebrations in the future when we're going to have a special menorah designed and built in Baltimore," Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan said.
Songs and other festivities accompanied the lighting.

... the event is being held in cooperation with the City of Baltimore and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's office.
The menorah-lighting ceremony will take place at McKeldin Square, which is located at the corner of Pratt and Light streets.