1921 NY Times newspaper with display poster NEW YORK CITY ST PATRICKS DAY PARADE

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1921 NY Times newspaper with display poster NEW YORK CITY ST PATRICKS DAY PARADE:
$35.00

1921 NY Times Sunday newspaper rotogravure picture magazine section with 9 photos of the NEW YORK CITY ST PATRICKS DAY PARADE -inv #9B-102

Please visit our store at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINALNEWSPAPER Rotogravure picture magazine section of the Sunday NY Times datedMar 27, 1921. This newspaper pictorial section has a full page, poster-like display with 9 photos of the 1921 ST PATRICKS DAY PARADE in New York City (almost 100 years ago).

Great display item for a collector of St Patrick\'s Day ephemera !!

Saint Patrick\'s Day, although a legal holiday only in Suffolk County, Massachusetts (where it is recognized alongside Evacuation Day) and Savannah, Georgia, is nonetheless widely recognized and celebrated throughout the United States. It is primarily celebrated as a recognition of Irish and Irish American culture; celebrations include prominent displays of the color green, eating and drinking, religious observances, and numerous parades. The holiday has been celebrated on the North American continent since the late 18th century.

The Charitable Irish Society of Boston organized the first observance of Saint Patrick\'s Day in the Thirteen Colonies in 1737. Surprisingly, the celebration was not Catholic in nature, Irish immigration to the colonies having been dominated by Protestants. The society\'s purpose in gathering was simply to honor its homeland, and although they continued to meet annually to coordinate charitable works for the Irish community in Boston, they did not meet on 17 March again until 1794. During the observance of the day, individuals attended a service of worship and a special dinner.

New York\'s first Saint Patrick\'s Day observance was similar to that of Boston. It was held on 17 March 1762 in the home of John Marshall, an Irish Protestant, and over the next few years informal gatherings by Irish immigrants were the norm. The first recorded parade in New York was by Irish soldiers in the British Army in 1766. The first documented St. Patrick\'s Day Celebration in Philadelphia was held in 1771. Philadelphia\'s Friendly Sons of St. Patrick was found to honor St. Patrick and to provide relief to Irish immigrants in the city. Irish Americans have celebrated St. Patrick\'s Day in Philadelphia since their arrival in America. General George Washington, a member of Philadelphia\'s Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, actively encouraged Irish American patriots to join the Continental Army. In 1780, while camped in Morristown, NJ, General Washington allowed his troops a holiday on 17 March \"as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence.\" This event became known as The Saint Patrick\'s Day Encampment of 1780.

Irish patriotism in New York City continued to soar, and the parade in New York City continued to grow. Irish aid societies like Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and the Hibernian Society were created and marched in the parades. Finally when many of these aid societies joined forces in 1848, the parade became not only the largest parade in the United States but one of the largest in the world.

The New York parade not only has become the largest Saint Patrick\'s Day parade in the world but is also the oldest civilian parade in the world. In a typical year, 150,000 marchers participate in it, including bands, firefighters, military and police groups, county associations, emigrant societies and social and cultural clubs with two million spectators line the streets. The parade marches up the 1.5-mile route along 5th Avenue in Manhattan, is a five-hour procession, and is always led by the 69th Infantry Regiment (New York). The commissioner of the parade always asks the commanding officer if the 69th is ready, to which the response is, \"The 69th is always ready.\" New York politicians—or those running for office—are always found prominently marching in the parade. Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch (who was of Jewish ethnicity) once proclaimed himself \"Ed O\'Koch\" for the day, and he continued to don an Irish sweater and march every year up until 2003, even though he was no longer in office.

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