Shamrocks & Sunshine: scenes from the party around the Syracuse Parade Day (video, photos)

Syracuse, Ny-Die St. Patrick's Parade On Saturday in downtown Syrakus was not just a procession-es was a full-grown party. The Central New York bars that were poured onto the street packed with record warmth and an urban thirst for celebrating, and only converted the Marriott Syracuse city, during and long after the 43rd annual parade in Stehraum.

This year Mother Nature took the snow and handed Syracuse a gift: the warmest parade day ever. And the crowd made the best of it.

The first patrons went to the Kitty Huesh Irish Pub at 8 a.m. They were accompanied by dozens of others until noon. This was the case in pubs on the weapons chamber and in the nearby Tipperary Hill.

“This is the day I look forward to all year round,” said Michael Varre.

He was the first customers at Kitty Hynes. He was still there when the second volume continued in the afternoon. “I know it's a nice day outside, but I want to be here.” The clear sky and the temperature of the jacket and the jacket, which in the afternoon the Salina Street have been overcrowded in recent years.

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