The city of Savannah held its 201st annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, one of the largest parades honoring the holiday in the country.
The parade not only washes the city in green but highlights the deep Irish heritage in the state of Georgia.
Based on Census data, more people claim Irish ancestry in Georgia than any other except English ancestry, according to Visit Savannah.
Also per Visit Savannah, the parade, held every March 17, allows thousands of Savannah natives and visitors to gather to crowd the streets from the early morning “dressed in their finest Kelly green to watch a parade take its sweet, festive time winding through most of Savannah’s downtown squares.”
The day begins with an 8 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist ahead of the start of the parade at 10:15 a.m. at the intersection of Gwinnett and Abercorn streets.
The parade features dancers, floats, marching bands and more.
In Northeast Georgia, the city of Winder was forced to cancel its St. Patrick’s Day celebration Dublin on Jackson on Saturday, March 15, due to the weather.
This article comes to Now Habersham in partnership with GPB News
