The 245th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade makes its way up Fifth Avenue March 17, 2006, in New York.
Left to right, Jordan Delaney and Irene O'Connor, both of Kildare, Ireland, and Joan Eccles, of Dublin, Ireland, cheer as the 245th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade makes its way up Fifth Avenue March 17, 2006, in New York.
Lucille Lang of Dublin, Ireland, awaits the start of the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade March 17, 2006, in New York. This is the 245th year that St. Patrick's Day Parade has been held in New York City.
Members of the 69th Infantry await the start of the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York. The 69th Infantry, a New York National Guard Unit, recently returned from a year-long tour of duty in Iraq where they lost 19 members.
Vinny Delduca, 14, of Brooklyn, N.Y., glances at his Irish flag before marching with the Xaverian High School Pipes and Drums in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 17, 2006, in New York.
Locals gather on the east steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to begin celebrations of St. Patrick's Day with a pub run Friday, March 17, 2006.
A bowl of shamrocks, the three-leaf plant that people around the world associate with Ireland, St. Patrick's Day and good luck, presented by Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern to President Bush, is seen on a table in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 17, 2006.
President Bush speaks as Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern looks on during a ceremony marking St. Patrick's Day in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 17, 2006.
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, left, and Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern, walk from the West Wing after meeting with President Bush and attending a St. Patrick's Day event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 17, 2006.
Jocelyn Hepton, 12, of Nampa, Idaho, performs a "Slip Jig" for people of Sisters Villa, a retirement community in Eagle, Idaho, on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2006.
James Barry of Boston, drum major for the Boston Police pipes and drums band, right, leads fellow band members including Joseph Cheevers of Boston, left, and Brian Leary, of Weymouth, Mass., center back, March 17, 2006, during the Saint Patrick's Day parade in Walpole, Mass.
Alex Douglas, with Starbound Entertainment, fills one of four parade balloons with helium before its debut in Kansas City's St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 17, 2006. About 100 volunteers were enlisted to guide the balloons down the mile-long parade route.
Carlyn O'Reilly, 11, left, and Camille Frankenfield, 11, both of Camp Hill, Pa., rest after dancing an Irish reel March 17, 2006, during St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Palmyra, Pa.
Britain's Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles, at Cheltenham Races, England, on St Patrick's Day, March 17, 2006.
Participants in Copenhagen's annual St. Patrick's three legged race drink green beer in front of Kennedy's Irish Bar on March 17, 2006. Contestants race to drink beer at each of Copenhagen's six Irish pubs while tied at the ankle.
Dancers participate in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland, on March 17, 2006. Hundreds of thousands of people braved bitter winter winds to watch the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, the centerpiece of a truly global celebration of all things Irish.
Revelers participate in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland, March 17, 2006.
A reveler marches through the streets of Dublin, Ireland, March 17, 2006, during the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade.
A teenager with her face painted in the colors of the Irish flag watches the parade as it moves down O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland, March 17, 2006.
Brendan O'Reily braves the cold weather as he joins the St. Patrick's Day parade while painted green, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, March 17, 2006.