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  • New York City Gears Up For 245th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade

    03/17/2006 6:09:13 AM PST · by ex-Texan · 15 replies · 348+ views
    NY1 News ^ | 3/16/2006 | Staff Writers
    The city will turn into a sea of green when the 245th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade makes its way up Fifth Avenue Friday. The parade kicks off at 11 a.m. on 44th Street and will head up to 86th Street. Hundreds of thousands are expected to take part, including many local politicians, in the world's oldest and largest St. Patrick's Day Parade. This year's parade honors the Fighting 69th Infantry, the New York National Guard unit that lost 19 members in Iraq. A platoon of firefighters who boycotted last year's parade after they were not allowed to don green...