St. Patrick's Day parade in NYC
A New York City tradition since 1762, the parade in recent years drew some 100,000 participants and 2 million spectators, according to organizers’ past estimates. The parade's cancellation in 2020 was the first year the parade was postponed in its 250-year history.
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Bagpipers march near Fifth Avenue at the St. Patrick's Day parade on Thursday in Manhattan.
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The Grand Marshal marches in the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade on Fifth Avenue, Thursday, March 17, 2022.
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Mayor Eric Adams marches in the the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade on Fifth Avenue, Thursday, March 17, 2022.
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Bagpipers march near Fifth Avenue at the St. Patrick's Day parade on Thursday in Manhattan.
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Sisters Monica Hunter, left, and Amanda Sickles of Iowa watch the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade on Fifth Avenue, Thursday, March 17, 2022.
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Bagpipers march near Fifth Avenue at the St. Patrick's Day parade on Thursday in Manhattan.
Credit: Jeff Bachner
Bagpipers march near Fifth Avenue at the St. Patrick's Day parade on Thursday in Manhattan.
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Vincent Daly of Babylon Village, a retired Suffolk County cop, stood at the front of police department's delegation Thursday, holding an Irish flag in a harness. He recalled attending the parade as a boy with his grandfather James Dargan of East Islip, who was born in 1888 and originally from Meadth, Ireland.
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From left, siblings Andrew 11, Annie 14 and Mave 9 of Fairfield, CT watch the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade on Fifth Avenue, Thursday, March 17, 2022.
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