Edited at 11 a.m.: I corrected the starting point for the White Plains parade.
When I think of St. Patrick’s Day, I think of four-leaved clovers, snakes, leprechauns, green beer, those Shamrock Shakes McDonald’s convinces festive folks to drink every March, and … veterans? Well, of course, what’s a parade without military bands and flags?
Most local veterans groups, including chapters of the Vietnam Veterans of America and Marine Corps League (pictured below last year in Pearl River), will march in at least one of the St. Patrick’s Day parades in Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties this weekend. (Easter falls early this year, so most places are celebrating the annual March 17 Irish saint’s day earlier than usual, so as not to conflict with Holy Week.)
Here’s a schedule of parades coming up in our area; click on the towns for more information.
March 8
WHITE PLAINS: Noon, Steps off from Mamaroneck Avenue & Bloomingdale Road.
March 9
PEARL RIVER: 1:30 p.m., Steps off from Wyeth Corp.’s south parking lot on Crooked Hill Road.
GREENWICH: 2 p.m., Steps off from Town Hall, 101 Field Point Road.
MAHOPAC: 2 p.m., Steps off at Mount Hope Road & Route 6.
March 15
MOUNT KISCO: 2 p.m., Steps off at Moore & Lexington avenues.
PEEKSKILL: 3 p.m., Steps off on Division Street to Main Street.
March 16
SLEEPY HOLLOW/TARRYTOWN: 1:30 p.m., Steps off at Route 9 and Main Street.
EASTCHESTER: 3 p.m., Steps off from Immaculate Conception Church in Tuckahoe.
March 17:
NEW YORK CITY: 11 a.m., Steps off at 44th Street and Fifth Avenue.
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