A drummer performs during the St. Patrick's Day parade, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Boston, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) “There is probably a lot of alcohol consumed today,” the Bedford T wo gay rights groups marched in Boston’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade for the first time in its 114-year history on Sunday, ending a two-decade ban against participation by lesbian, gay Sunday's parade dates back to the turn of the 20th century and marks both St. Patrick’s Day and Evacuation Day, which commemorates the day in 1776 when British troops left Boston after a The parade, which dates to the turn of the 20th century, marks both St. Patrick’s Day and Evacuation Day, which commemorates the day in 1776 when British troops left Boston after a protracted All streets have been reopened to car and pedestrian traffic as Boston’s famed St. Patrick’s Day parade came to an end Sunday afternoon.“We’re celebrating St. Patty’s day. Photo: Dina Rudick/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. In 2015, parade organizers allowed the LGBTQ veterans group OutVets to march for the first time. Politicians who had boycotted the parade for years because of organizers' anti-LGBTQ stance returned to the route and the parade resumed its role as the city's highest-profile St. Patrick's Day BOSTON — Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade made history Sunday as two gay and lesbian groups marched after decades of opposition that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Paul Healey, of Holbrook, walks with friends toward the action of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, in South Boston. – Pat Greenhouse/ The Boston Globe Participants dressed as Minutemen march On the day that gays first marched in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade under their own banner, March 17, 2015, Northrop said she still wasn’t happy. She was angry that a gay group was chosen by NBC, which televised the march, saying “it’s all a corporate deal. The parade, which dates to the turn of the 20th century, marks both St. Patrick’s Day and Evacuation Day, which commemorates the day in 1776 when British troops left Boston after a protracted The parade dates back to the turn of the 20th century and marks St. Patrick’s Day and Evacuation Day, when British troops left Boston during the Revolutionary War. The parade, which dates to the turn of the 20th century, marks both St. Patrick's Day and Evacuation Day, which commemorates the day in 1776 when British troops left Boston after a protracted It’s that time of year again when more than a million green-clad revelers fill the streets of America’s most Irish big city for the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade, celebrating the heritage and contributions of all those who hail from the Emerald Isle. Sunday’s parade dates back to the turn of the 20th century Graham Johnston, of St. Louis, Mo., dressed as a leprechaun, and others reach for treats thrown by participants at the St. Patrick's Day parade, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Boston, Mass. (AP Photo The 3.5 mile parade is organized by the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council. The annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in South Boston on March 16, 2025. The parade, which dates to the turn of the 20th century, marks both St. Patrick’s Day and Evacuation Day, which commemorates the day in 1776 when British troops left Boston after a protracted Hot Springs hosts a 98-foot parade billed as “the World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade.” For the record, on Monday in Hot Springs: Flavor Flav is “official starter” (Flav, we’ll Gay groups may march in New York St. Patrick's Day Parade 01:38. Sarah Jo Gomez-Lorraine, a Naval officer and OutVets member taking part in the march, said it's an honor to represent gay veterans At a St. Patrick’s Day breakfast earlier Sunday, Walsh thanked the sponsors for making sure the parade, was “fully inclusive today.” He and Baker said in parade-side interviews with New England Cable News they were glad to see the issue put to rest. “Gay people marched in the parade for years, just under different banners,” Walsh said. The parade, which dates to the turn of the 20th century, marks both St. Patrick’s Day and Evacuation Day, which commemorates the day in 1776 when British troops left Boston after a protracted siege during the Revolutionary War.
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