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Per the South Boston parade website, Bostonians were the first to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in North America. Festivities took place on March 17, 1737, to support the city's new Irish immigrants. ST. ALBANS CITY — Get out your green attire, St. Patrick's Day is tomorrow! Celebrate the "luck of the Irish" with festivities Monday evening in downtown St. Albans. The annual parade kicks off at 5:30 p.m. Parade participants will meet at the top of Taylor Park on Church Street and parade around the park. NEW YORK (AP) — St. Patrick’s Day, the annual celebration of all things Irish, is being marked in cities across the country on Monday with boisterous parades and celebrations. Happy St. Patrick's Day. Celebrations of the holiday began on Saturday in Salt Lake City with the 47th annual St. Patrick's Day parade along The Gateway. The second biggest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the USA takes place in Chicago, Illinois, and it’s said to attract a whopping 800,000 – 1,000,000 excited spectators and participants. It’s one of the longer-running St. Patrick’s Day parades in the US, with the first event taking place in 1858. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade is the city’s biggest annual parade, attracting nearly a quarter-million viewers. It follows a circular route through the heart of the Mile High City and features 10,000 marchers, floats, marching bands, dancers and Irish-themed fun with a Western flair that includes horses and stagecoaches. Thousands gather in St. Paul to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 02:15. It was a sea of green and gold in St. Paul on Monday as thousands gathered to celebrate the city's annual St. Patrick's Day parade. Best US cities to celebrate St Patrick’s Day . Prepare to go all out with the top parades, events, and festivities in these US cities. Here are some of the best places to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in the US. East coast . New York City, New York: The St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City is one of the largest in the world. Dating to Several New York cities have been named some of the best states for St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the U.S., according to a recently released study by WalletHub. Over 31.2 million people in the From Boston and New York to Pittsburgh and Chicago, there are several cities across the United States that hold large-scale St. Patricks Day parades every year to honour the Irish-American culture. Each of these places are famous for their own unique set of rituals and traditions as people come together to celebrate the occasion. St Patrick's Day, our national holiday and the one day each year when the eyes of the world turn to Ireland - and here in Cork, thousands of people have taken to the streets in celebration. It was an absolutely cracking parade this year, with clubs and community groups from across the Rebel County giving it their all. Whether you’re into parades or pub crawls, here are the top U.S. cities for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Data analysts examined 200 of the most populated U.S. cities to determine which ones The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in Florida's St. Augustine in 1601. Irish people, who have emigrated to various regions like Dubai, Singapore, Australia and the US celebrate the day to honour Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, who passed away on this day. During his early days, he was even enslaved from Roman Britain to Ireland and was made to work as shepherd. In Chicago, thousands lined the streets over the weekend to kick off the city’s famous St. Patrick’s Day Parade. But the real showstopper? The Chicago River being dyed a bright emerald green- a tradition that dates back more than 60 years. Closer to home, Atlanta’s St. Patrick’s Day parade is one of the oldest in the South. The parade New York City hosts one of the largest and oldest parades in the United States. Video above: Chicago River turns green for St. Patrick's Day. The rolling celebration, now in its 264th year, takes "The best cities for St. Patrick’s Day combines rich traditions with tasty and affordable food, safe conditions to celebrate and good weather," he said. Boston has the oldest parade tradition That’s much, much longer than the 98-foot route in the resort town of Hot Springs, Arkansas, which claims it hosts the World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade.. And in Savannah, thousands of revelers in gaudy green costumes crowded sidewalks and oak-shaded squares as the South’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade wound through the historic Georgia city. The first St. Patrick's Day parade currently on record was held in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1601, historians say. Not, as some might assume, on the Emerald Isle. Not, as some might assume, on Other festivities during New London's weeklong St. Patrick's Day celebration include Irish caroling, live Celtic music and Wisconsin's largest Saint Patrick's Day Parade. Next: Chicago 6 / 14 The parade is thus an unusual blend of marching military units along with the more typical green-bedecked entries. The history of Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade can be traced back to 1737, and this year's edition will take place Sunday, March 16, beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Broadway T station and traveling 3.5 miles to Andrew Square.
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