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Photos: Southie's St. Patrick's Day Parade celebrates America's most iric city

The crowd of green-dressed, shame rock-American night owls filled the streets of the American Irish city for the parade in South Boston St. Patrick's Day on Sunday.

Green, white and orange confetti-die national colors of the Emerald Isle-Regnen along parts of the 3.5 mile route. Parade floats and marchers wounded through the neighborhood of South Boston, a center of the Irish-American heritage in a city in which there are more than 1 of 5 people of Irish descent.

A drummer appears during St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
The spectators cheer the parade route in South Boston. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
The spectators cheer the parade route in South Boston. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

Camryn Craddock was among those along the Parade route, which included parts of the Broadway, the thoroughfare of the district.

“I just like the energy that everyone brings. Everyone is really excited. It is not boring, “said Massachusett's resident.” I didn't even see much of the parade, but only to see that everyone had fun was really nice and everything. “

Travis Wilshire, another night owl, agreed.

“The last time I was here, I was just a little child,” said the residents of New Hampshire.

Graham Johnston from St. Louis, Mo., dressed as Kobold, and others reach for delicacies that were thrown by the participants of the St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
Graham Johnston from St. Louis, Mo., dressed as Kobold, and others reach for delicacies that were thrown by the participants of the St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

The spectators, which were packed behind metal barricades, playfully hissed as colonial reenactors, the British tricorn hats and other clothing on the warm but cloudy day.

The parade, which comes until the turn of the 20th century, marked both St. Patrick's Day and the Evacuation Day, which is reminiscent of the day of 1776, as British troops left Boston after a lengthy siege during the War of Independence.

Actors shoot Musketen at St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
Actors shoot Musketen at St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

Alex Brough from Parade-Goer found that people mainly behaved according to violence and public poisoning last year. The organizers of the parade lifted the beginning of the celebrations and the neighborhood leader before the “Zero Tolerance” before Sunday before Rowdiness and Shenanigans.

Empty containers that are used for homemade drinks overflow the waste boxes after the parade to St. Patrick's Day on March 16, 2025 (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
Empty containers that are used for homemade drinks overflow the waste boxes after the parade to St. Patrick's Day on March 16, 2025 (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

Transit Police published photos on social media in front of the parade, which showed confiscated alcohol, including gallon size, which are filled with green liquid.

“A lot of alcohol is consumed today,” admitted Bedford, Massachusetts.

A shriner engine of the crowd during St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
A shriner engine of the crowd during St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

The South Boston Allied was Veterans Council organized the parade and this year's chief marshal was the retirement of the Navy, CMDR. Alanna Devlin Ball, who grew up in the neighborhood and represented the United States at the Invictus Games 2023 in Germany, where she took home gold at Powerlifting.

“Lt. Cdr. The 12 -year career of Devlin Ball in the Navy serves as inspiration for young women who want to serve in today's military. We are grateful for their service, their victims and their existence), ”said the US representative Stephen Lynch, a native South Bostoner.

Michele Hunter from Pawlet, Vt., Center, Liten and Erin Riley from Saugus, mass. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
Michele Hunter from Pawlet, Vt., Center, Liten and Erin Riley from Saugus, mass. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)