NYC St. Patrick's Day parade draws huge crowds
Quick ReadParadegoers in kilts and green paint came to New York City from all over the nation on Wednesday.
Photo credit: AP | John Ruplenas, foreground, of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., and Alabama residents, from left, Jessica Scott, Brandy Bazinet, and Johnna Pitt wait on Fifth Avenue for the start of the St. Patrick's Day parade in Manhattan. (March 17, 2010)
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Long Islanders and paradegoers in kilts and green paint came to New York City from all over the nation on Wednesday to join what organizers bill as the world’s oldest and largest St. Patrick’s Day parade.
As many as a quarter-million marchers headed up Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, just as crowds gathered along parade routes in cities around the country to mark the emerald-hued holiday.
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