It’s supposed to be cold and rainy all day, here, making for a damp and probably miserable parade experience.
Maybe this is God’s way of punishing us for engaging in too much revelry during Holy Week, which is meant to be a solemn lead in to Easter. Many Cities across the country have decided to hold their parades early to avoid a conflict. Kansas City is holding the parade on March 17, just like it always does.
The last time St. Patrick’s Day fell during Holy week was 1940, and it’s not scheduled to happen again until 2160.
St. Paddy’s Day Fun links:
See how much you know about Irish culture and history and take the St. Patrick’s Day quiz.
Here’s some St. Patrick’s Day fast facts: Beyond the Blarney.
This is heartwarming:
Marines Steal The Show At St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast:
JACK HART: There was a young soldier named Walter O’Haire, and he was killed in action last year. He’s a South Boston kid. His mother’s Maureen O’Haire. What Maureen O’Haire did is she took the money that she got from the government for her son’s death and she contacted the platoon of Marines that her son served with and she paid their way to come here all the way up from North Carolina also I think we owe these gentlemen a tremendous round of applause.
THYS: The applause was so long that that the sergeant leading the Marines shook his head in wonder. All 22 Marines left early to march in the Saint Patrick’s Day parade that Walter O’Haire had watched from one street corner every year. Last year, he left Camp Lejeune without permission and drove all night to be in South Boston for the parade. His mother, reached on her cell phone afterwards, sounded proud that she had been able to bring his buddies to Boston to march in memory of their friend.
John McCain is spending St. Patrick’s Day in Iraq.
UPDATE:
Here’s video of some soggy Irish dancers in the parade.
