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1 week agoSouth Boston St. Patrick's Parade to follow new route for 250th Evacuation Day
St. Patrick's Day Parade route reversed to start at Andrew Square to honor Henry Knox's cannon march and improve crowd flow.
Pageant makers Lumen Street Theatre and Show CoMotion, a new Dublin-based parade company, will this year join a host of regular contributors, including Galway theatre company Macnas, Wexford prop-making company Bui Bolg, Donegal-based Inishowen Carnival Group, which creates sculptural installations and performances and Wicklow prop company ArtFX. Numerous international marching bands are also set to travel from Scotland and the United States, including eight American bands from Ohio, Arizona, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Mississippi, Indiana and Texas for the parade.