The Saint Patrick's

Day Parade 

Of all the St. Patrick's Day Parades that are hosted in thousands of cities around the world probably none are bigger than the one's in New York, Boston, and Chicago.

In 1848, several New York Irish aid societies decided to unite their parades to form one St. Patrick's Day Parade.  Today, New York proudly boasts their St. Paddy's parade as the world 's oldest civilian parade and the arguably the largest in the United States.    The parade takes more than five hours to move all the participants through the parade route and nearly three million people line the streets to cheer the procession.  Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Savannah also have very popular parades for their community and often each include over 10,000 participants.  An alphabetical list of parades can be found at the following link:  http://www.saintpatricksdayparade.com/a_to_z.htm