St. Patrick's Day parade in New York 2017: Unedited VIDEO

saint patrick's day 2017 filmed in Manhattan New York City in the United States of America, Four hours and 42 minutes . St. Patrick's Day Parade New York, History The NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade is one of New York City’s greatest traditions. The first parade was on March 17, 1762 — fourteen years before the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. The first NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade was comprised of a band of homesick, Irish ex-patriots and Irish military members serving with the British Army stationed in the colonies in New York. This was a time when the wearing of green was a sign of Irish pride but was banned in Ireland. In that 1762 parade, participants reveled in the freedom to speak Irish, wear green, sing Irish songs and play the pipes to Irish tunes that were meaningful to the Irish immigrants of that time. Today, the NYC Parade marches up 5th Avenue and is reviewed from the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral by His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York. Since it began, this tradition of marching past St. Patrick’s Cathedral has remained unchanged with the exception of the address. In the early years, the Parade would march past the Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral (now Basilica) located at the corner of Mott and Prince Streets in SoHo. Today, the Parade starts at 44th Street and 5th Avenue at 11am and proceeds up the avenue to 79th Street. Throughout the day along the Parade route, millions of spectators come to celebrate. For the first few years, the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade was organized by military units. However, after the War of 1812, Irish fraternal and beneficial societies took over the duties of hosting and sponsoring the event. Around 1851 the “Irish” 69th Regiment began to lead the marchers. Also at that time, the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) became the official sponsor of the Parade as the individual societies merged under a single Grand Marshal. Today the 69th Regiment is still the first group to lead the Parade up 5th Avenue. 2017 NEW YORK CITY ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE FRIDAY MARCH 17th, 2017 LINE OF MARCH Mounted Police Military Escort: "THE FIGHTING 69TH" The 69th Regiment of New York 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Lieutenant Colonel Don Makay, Commanding Piper for the Regiment, Pipe Major Joe Brady Battalion Staff: Major Andrew Couchman, Executive Officer Lieutenant Alexandra Defina, Adjutant Lieutenant Kevin Wong, Intelligence Officer Major Henry Rowland, Operations Officer Captain Max Rose, Logistics Officer Harrison High School Band, 8 Hatton High School,, 14 I I.B.E.W. Local 25 Pipe Band, 10 Innis Fada Pipe Band, 10 Iona College Gaelic Society, 8 Iona College Pipe & Drum Band, 8 Irish American Labor Coalition, 11 Irish American Legislators Society of New York State, 4 Irish American Society of Nassau, Suffolk, & Queens, 10 Irish Brigade Field Music, 6 Irish Brigade Honor Guard, 6 Irish Defense Force, 28th Infantry, 4 Irish Heritage Festival Committee Orange County, 15 Irish Northern Aid, 9 Irish Thunder Pipe Band, 10 Irish War pipe Band, 8 J Jackson Liberty High School, Jackson, NJ, 5 Joseph Duelk Jr AOH Div Pipe Band, 5 K Knights of Columbus Pipe Band, 11 Knights of St. Patrick’s, 5 L Lanier High School Band, 9 LAOH Kings County Board and Divisions 6, 11 LAOH Nassau County Board, 10 LAOH National Board, 10 LAOH New York County Board and Division 29, 11 LAOH New York State Board, 10 LAOH Orange County Board, 5 LAOH Queens County Board and Divisions 13, 15, 10 LAOH Rockland County Board and Division 3, 11 LaSalle Academy, 10 LaSalle Academy, Drum Line, 10 Lavender & Green Alliance, 14 Leatherneck Pipes and Drums,, 8 Lia Fail Pipe & Drums, 9 Line of March Committee, 15 Linganore High School, MD, 13 Local 163 I.B.E.W. Pipes and Drums, 9 Londonderry High School Band, NH, 8 M MABSTOA Emerald Society, 6 Manhattan College Gaelic Society, 8 Manhattan College Pipe & Drum Band, 8 Marching Cougars Drum Line Greenburg, NY, 14 Marching Escort New York State Police, 4 Marine Corp League, 8 Marist College Gaelic Society, 10 Maritime College Band, State University of New York Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, 12 Maritime Emerald Society, S.U.N.Y. Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, The full line up at this link https://www.nycstpatricksparade.org/2017lomindex/ 2017 New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade was at 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM on Friday, March 17 All times are in Eastern Time. fifth avenue parade st pattys day nyc parade st patricks day parade nyc new york city dublin ireland women st patrick's day parade new york 2017 nyc st patrick's day parade 2017 st patrick's day parade nyc nyc st patrick's day bar crawl st patrick's day parade 2017 rochester ny st patrick's day parade buffalo 2017 st patrick's day parade syracuse 2017 st patrick's day parade 2017 buffalo ny fifth avenue st. patrick's day parade military marching band St. Patrick's Day parade in Manhattan New York 2017 #SaintPatrickdayparade #parade #irishparade