With a soundtrack of bagpipes and drums, marchers with banners and flags marched down 5th Avenue Thursday in the return of the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, a long-awaited rebound after a two-year pandemic-induced absence.
An estimated 150,000 participants, including Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams, joined in for the famous NYC tradition that dates back to 1762.
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