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St. Patrick's Day celebrations
Kathy Brucia, of Bellmore, N.Y, left, and Kara Kerley, of Wantagh, N.Y., laugh Saturday as they watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade as it moves up New York's Fifth Avenue.
Spectators watch Saturday as the Chicago River is dyed green right before the start of the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago.
Jacob Tidwell, center, and his friends Donavan Mock, left, and Preston Vasquez react Saturday to a band during Savannah's 189-year-old St. Patrick's Day parade, in Savannah, Ga. Started in 1824 by early Irish immigrants to Georgia, the parade has ballooned into a sprawling street party that makes for Savannah's most profitable tourism event.
Mary Steffens, of Duluth, Ga., holds a cup of green beer in her teeth Saturday while she tries to take a picture during Savannahís St. Patrick's Day parade, in Savannah, Ga. Thousands of gaudy green revelers Saturday crammed the oak-shaded squares and sidewalks of downtown Savannah for the St. Patrick's Day celebration that's a 189-year-old tradition in Georgia's oldest city.
David Westerby of Kenosa, Wis. left, yells during the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago on Saturday. With the holiday itself falling on a Sunday, many celebrations were scheduled instead for Saturday because of religious observances.
Members of the Emerald Isle Step Dancers, from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, make their way up New York's Fifth Avenue as they take part in the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday.
United States Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Tanner Marshall is grabbed and kissed by a woman Saturday during Savannahís St. Patrick's Day parade in Savannah, Ga.
