South Boston was awash in green Sunday as crowds turned out in droves for the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. From families lining the sidewalks to revelers decked out in festive gear The parade then will move west through the neighborhood, passing by the old south boston High school before ending in Andrew square. The parade will be preceded by the st. Patrick’s Day breakfast, another annual rite in south boston that typically features politicians ribbing one another with bad jokes. It is an annual rite in the city: on a Sunday on or near St. Patrick’s Day in March, a crowd of hundreds of thousands, many clad in green, descend onto South Boston’s streets for an annual parade. The parade crowd walking up Broadway Street before the start of Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, after two years of cancellations due to COVID-19. Matthew J Lee/Globe staff ‘The Super Bowl Police confiscate dozens of "BORGS" at St. Patrick's Day Parade to make event family-friendly 02:25. City leaders moved the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Boston up by two hours on Sunday in The parade, which has been held in Southie since 1901, pays tribute to the holiday, military veterans, and Evacuation Day, when British forces left Boston during the Revolutionary War in 1776. BOSTON — All streets have been reopened to car and pedestrian traffic as Boston’s famed St. Patrick’s Day parade came to an end Sunday afternoon. South Boston was awash in a sea of green Sunday — hats, beads, Irish flags, and Celtics jerseys — and Marie Cardinale was in the midst of it all as the St. Patrick’s Day parade marched A reveler carried a Borg, an acronym for the phrase “black out rage gallon” during the annual St. Patrick’s day parade on March 17, 2024. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff ST. PATRICK’S DAY Your Southie parade survival guide. Image: Nathan Klima for the Boston Globe. Illustration by Gia Orsino. Sunday's parade dates back to the turn of the 20th century and marks both St. Patrick’s Day and Evacuation Day, which commemorates the day in 1776 when British troops left Boston after a 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. New York City Paul Healey, of Holbrook, walks with friends toward the action of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, in South Boston. – Pat Greenhouse/ The Boston Globe Participants dressed as Minutemen march Every available Boston Police officer will be called in for Sunday’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston, in hopes of preventing a repeat of last year’s event, which was marred by The parade, which dates to the turn of the 20th century, marks both St. Patrick’s Day and Evacuation Day, which commemorates the day in 1776 when British troops left Boston after a protracted siege during the Revolutionary War. Nathan Klima for The Boston Globe. The hourly forecast during the St. Patrick's Day parade in South Boston on Sunday. This year, the parade begins at 11:30 a.m. Bostno Globe. After a COVID-fueled two-year hiatus, South Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade is returning today. Participants and onlookers, decked out in green and a range of other costumes, were ready for After an “anything goes” St. Patrick’s Day parade in South Boston last year, the celebration will begin an hour and a half earlier in an effort to curb drunkenness and violence. Last year Sunday, March 17. HOLYOKE ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE A day after Holyoke’s annual St. Patrick’s Day road race, join thousands in the march from Northampton Street to High Street alongside live South Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade made a triumphant return to the neighborhood Sunday, after COVID-19 forced the city to cancel the annual tradition the past two years.
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