It happened that the 248th annual St Patrick’s Day parade happened while we were there. When we headed out in the morning, there were already a lot of people walking around dressed in their greenest, and if you didn’t have any green, you could buy some JIT St Patrick’s Day gear from the street vendors.
There were a surprising amount of people about, I guess all the kids skipped their classes for the day to start celebrating. The most exciting part of the parade I think is just walking around amidst people dressed in green, sharing the spirit of the day.
The parade itself was boring. It consisted of a lot of marching: bands, bagpipes, politicians, and NYPD/FDNY. Ad naseum. After awhile of the same, we left and walked around, coming to the staging area for the parade. It’s incredible the amount of policemen and firefighters who aren’t on duty and are able to participate in the parade.
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