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St. Patrick's Day brings exuberant parades and celebrations to New York and other cities

New York (AP) – St. Patrick's Day, the annual celebration of all things Irish, will be characterized in cities across the country on Monday with exuberant parades and celebrations.

New York City organizes one of the largest and oldest parades in the United States.

The rolling celebration takes place in his 264th year at the famous Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. According to the organizers, around 150,000 take part in March.

On Monday in Savannah, Georgia and other American municipalities, important celebrations are also planned, although some of the cities were most changed by the Irish immigration at the weekend.

Chicago 'S St. Patrick's Day celebration, which is interrupted by turning his namesake Hell Green with dye, occurred on Saturday. Boston And Philadelphia marked the occasion on Sunday.

The Irish capital of Dublin culminates across the pond three -day festival With a parade Monday. Cities like Liverpool, England, another city that is changed by the Irish immigration, also celebrate celebrations for St. Patrick's festival.

The parades should be thought of this commemorate Ireland's patron saint has become a celebration of the Irish heritage worldwide.

The celebrations on March 17th were made popular by Irish immigrant communities, which were exposed to discrimination and opposition in the 19th century in the United States

The New York Parade comes from 1762 – 14 years before the United States' declaration of independence.

It ceded at 11 a.m. When the demonstrators drove north along the Fifth Avenue from East 44th Street to East 79th Street in Manhattan.

It is expected that a large number of local politicians to go from the mayor to the governor together with the school marching bands and traditional Irish pipes and drums ensembles and delegations of the New York police authority and other organizations.

The big marshal of this year's parade in New York City is Michael Benn, the long -time chairman of the Queens County St. Patrick's Parade in Rockaway Beach.