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St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country return after two-year hiatus

By Associated Press

March 17, 2022

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People enjoy drinks in a local Irish pub during St. Patrick's Day, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick's Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation's largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over.
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Maxine Calloway, center, of Cornelia Ga., her friends, Missy Jarrott, right, of Savannah, Ga., and Carolyn Duncan, left, of Bremen, Ga., toast to their 52 year friendship before the start of the St. Patrick's Day parade, Thursday, March 17, at The Original Pinkie Masters bar in historic downtown Savannah, Ga. The South's largest St. Patrick's Day celebration made a big comeback following a two-year virus hiatus.
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A young boy gets a high-five from law enforcement officer marching with the Police Emerald Society of Southeast Georgia during the St. Patrick's Day parade, Thursday, March 17, Savannah, Ga. After nearly two centuries, the Irish holiday has become Savannah's most profitable tourist draw and street party for hundreds of thousands of locals and visitors.
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Participants march up Fifth Avenue during the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus. That includes New York City's parade Thursday, the nation's largest and oldest.
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New York Fire Department Officers march up Fifth Avenue while they pass in front of St. Patrick Cathedral during the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus. That includes New York City's parade Thursday, the nation's largest and oldest
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New York Fire Department Officers march up Fifth Avenue during the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus. That includes New York City's parade Thursday, the nation's largest and oldest.
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People watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade at Fifth Avenue, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus. That includes New York City's parade Thursday, the nation's largest and oldest.
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Bagpipers march up Fifth Avenue during the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus. That includes New York City's parade Thursday, the nation's largest and oldest.
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Owens Rushing of Savannah, Ga., rides in a cart with his family clan during the St. Patrick's Day parade, Thursday, March 17, in Savannah, Ga. The South's largest St. Patrick's Day celebration made a big comeback following a two-year virus hiatus.
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New York Fire Department Officers pay respect during a moment of silence outside St Patrick's Cathedral to "Mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the victims of the pandemic." during the St. Patrick's Day Parade at Fifth Avenue, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick's Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation's largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over.
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Bagpipers pay respect during a moment of silence outside St Patrick's Cathedral to "Mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the victims of the pandemic." during the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick's Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation's largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over.
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People watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick's Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation's largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over.
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Bagpipers pay respect during a moment of silence outside St. Patrick's Cathedral to "mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the victims of the pandemic," during the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Fifth Avenue, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick's Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation's largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over.
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People watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Fifth Avenue, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick's Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation's largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over.
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People watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Fifth Avenue, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick's Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation's largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over.
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A man holds a poster as he greets participants during the St. Patrick's Day Parade at Fifth Avenue, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick's Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation's largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over.
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New York Police Department officers march up Fifth Avenue while they pass in front of St. Patrick Cathedral during the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus. That includes New York City's parade, the nation's largest and oldest. It's a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over.
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Bagpipers march up Fifth Avenue while they pass in front of St. Patrick Cathedral during the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus. That includes New York City's parade, the nation's largest and oldest. It's a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over.
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New York Mayor Eric Adams, center smiles as he marches up Fifth Avenue during the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick's Day parades across the nation, including the largest in New York City, resume after a pandemic-driven hiatus. Back in 2020, the parades were among the first major events to get cancelled in the U.S. in what quickly became a cascade of shutdowns. This year, New York's parade coincides with the city's reopening, with mask and vaccination rules recently lifted.
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New York Mayor Eric Adams, center, marches up Fifth Avenue during the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation’s largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over.
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Bagpipers warm up near Fifth Avenue during the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation’s largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over.
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Military members march to their position before marching up Fifth Avenue during the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation’s largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over.
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People wait at Fifth Avenue the start of the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Thursday, March 17, in New York. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation’s largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot marches in a kilt for the St. Patrick's Day Parade along South Columbus Drive Saturday, March 12, in Chicago.
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A parade goer yells during the St. Patrick's Day Parade along South Columbus Drive, Saturday, March 12, in Chicago.

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