- Savanna, Georgia, America is the second largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade Parade
- Established in 1824, this program is now 201 years old.
- During the parade, you can expect emerald colored beer, marching band and fountain flowing with green water.
When people think of St. Patrick’s Day parade in the United States, New York City, Boston, or places like places Chicago Usually come to mind. And while New York is the country’s largest and oldest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the city of New York (established in 1762), the second largest city is very small in size: Savana.
South hostess city celebrates its first celebration St. Patrick’s Day The parade in 1824 and the last 201 years continued to do so every 17 March. Not only is the oldest and largest parade in the country, but it is the biggest celebration of its kind and local pride in the south of America.
The history of St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Sawana predicts before Georgia. The Irish people started reaching the Savanna region for the first time in the early 18th century, soon became a center of Irish immigration. In the early 1800s, rich Irish residents formed Savanna’s Hiberian Society To help the newly upcoming Irish immigrants achieve their feet on the ground in their new country. The story is that on March 17, 1824, the then President of the Hibernite Society encouraged the savanna residents to join him for a walk by a visiting bishop to listen to a speech. This walk turned into a parade, and thus, long ago the Savanna St. Patrick’s Day Parade was born.
Although modern-parade is a secular case, the Cathedral Basilica of the St. John Baptist always has a preparation mass, where the puys are filled with parisian dressed in green. The parade begins in the basilica, runs through the historic district of Savannah, and ends near the Forceth Park.
Visitors may expect bands, horses and flots sponsored by local Irish groups and families during the event. The famous fountains of the city will flow green, and a lot of emerald colored beer will be available throughout the city. Especially for those traveling to Sawan for this occasion, the year old Hotel Bardo Close to the parade as you can get. As an alternative, Perry Lane Hotel And brand-new, Ann Sawan Will put you in the heart of the masculine.
