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Patrick's Day, the annual celebration of all things Irish, was marked in cities across the country on Monday with boisterous parades and celebrations and New York City hosts one of the largest and oldest parades in the United States. School marching bands and traditional Irish pipe and drum ensembles ambled down Manhattan's Fifth Avenue with uniformed delegations from the police and fire departments in New York City, which hosts one of the nation's largest and oldest parades.

As a light morning rain fell, the rolling celebration made its way north past designer shops and St. Mayor Eric Adams donned a green cap and scarf and waved an Irish flag while Catholic Archbishop Timothy Dolan greeted marchers parade a green, white and orange sash -- the national colors of the Emerald Isle.

The New York celebration, now in its th year, date to - 14 years before the U. Declaration of Independence. The parade end on the east side of Central Park, about 35 blocks from where it started. Hundreds of thousands of spectators turned out to watch theparade participants march along Fifth Avenue. Groups from all over the world participated, as well as local first responder groups, high school marching bands and more.

Patrick's Day Parade. He is being celebrated for bringing the parade back to the Rockaways after Superstorm Sandy -- a reminder that the Irish tradition inspires people from all over to come together. An average of two million people typically fill Fifth Avenue for the annual parade, and while we don't know the official total for Monday, it does appear that the city didn't deter those eager to enjoy the festivities.

The History of New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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