From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
March 24, 2013
23rd Annual NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The snow didn’t stop the thousands of people marching in the 252nd Annual NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade last Saturday, March 16, 2013, and well over a million people lined Fifth Avenue to watch and celebrate.
March 16, 2013 – New York, NY, U.S. – Danvers High School Band, MASS., gets ready to march in the 252nd annual NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Thousands of marchers show their Irish pride, as they march up Fifth Avenue, and over a million people, often in green and orange, watch and celebrate. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)
Because of massive ongoing restoration to St. Patrick’s Cathedral’s exterior, construction scaffolding pretty much ruled out picturesque photos of it, but I made sure to document the progress and the high, thin sign wrapped around the landmark: “ST. PATRICK’S IS OPEN,”
March 16, 2013 – NYC, NY, U.S. – ‘Leprechaun’ NOEL RYAN, an alumnus of Quinnipiac University, kisses hand of young girl in crowd at the 252nd annual NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)
For many, many blocks, I captured the parade as I marched along with the Quinnipiac University group. I had a particularly good time chatting with a couple of the marching educators.
March 16, 2013 – NYC, NY, U.S. – Port Authority Police Emerald Society gets ready to march in 252nd annual NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)
Feature Photo (at top of post: March 16, 2013 – New York, NY, U.S. – At the 252nd annual NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade, many spectators dressed up in green costumes, including one holding up a hand puppet also dressed in green.
2013 NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade: my PHOTO GALLERY
