St. Patrick's Day celebrations 2013

A reveler with his face painted the colors of the Irish flag attends St Patrick's Day festivities in Dublin on March 17, 2013. More than 100 parades were held across Ireland to mark St Patrick's Day, the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, with up to 650,000 spectators expected to attend the parade in Dublin. Ireland has high hopes that the festivities will bring a much-needed boost to the economy.

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The Jefferson Memorial and water in the fountain on the White House grounds is dyed green for St. Patrick's Day as seen from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 17, 2013.

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attends the Irish Guards' St Patrick's Day Parade at Mons Barracks on March 17, 2013 in Aldershot, England.

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Parade-goers dressed as leprechauns jump up and shout as they prepare to attend St Patrick's Day festivities in Dublin on March 17, 2013. More than 100 parades are being held across Ireland to mark St Patrick's Day, the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, with up to 650,000 spectators expected to attend the parade in Dublin. Ireland has high hopes that the festivities will bring a much-needed boost to the economy.

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A Romanian boy has his face painted green as he takes part in the St Patrick's Day parade, downtown Bucharest on March 17, 2013. The biggest festival in Romania dedicated to St. Patrick takes place in Bucharest between 15 to 19 March to mark the Irish Presidency of the EU Council, the event consisting of a series of cultural and artistic performances.

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A woman wears false flag eyelashes during the St Patrick's day parade through Dublin City Center on St Patrick's Day.

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A reveler with shamrocks painted on her face attends St Patrick's Day festivities in Dublin on March 17, 2013. More than 100 parades are being held across Ireland to mark St Patrick's Day, the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, with up to 650,000 spectators expected to attend the parade in Dublin. Ireland has high hopes that the festivities will bring a much-needed boost to the economy.

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People participate in the St Patrick's Day parade at Boat Quay on March 17, 2013 in Singapore. Singapore's Irish community gathered at Boat Quay for a three-day-long St Patrick's Day Street Festival which featured street performances, buskers, and Irish food and drink.

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People participate in the St Patrick's Day parade at Boat Quay on March 17, 2013 in Singapore. Singapore's Irish community gathered at Boat Quay for a three-day-long St Patrick's Day Street Festival which featured street performances, buskers, and Irish food and drink.

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A dog in a green costume is pictured at the 'St. Partick's Day' parade in Berlin, Germany, 17 March 2013. The parade for the Irish national holiday was initiated by the German-Irish society.

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Members of the Petri School of Irish Dance perform at the Ireland Chamber of Commerce's 17th annual St. Patrick's Day Breakfast in New York March 16, 2013.

With the holiday itself falling on a Sunday, many celebrations were scheduled instead for Saturday because of religious observances.

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Gaudy green revelers crammed the oak-shaded sidewalks of downtown Savannah, Ga., for the St. Patrick's Day parade March 16, 2013.

The St. Patrick's Day celebration is a 189-year-old tradition in Georgia's oldest city.

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David Westerby of Kenosa, Wis., yells during the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago March, 16, 2013.

With the holiday itself falling on a Sunday, many celebrations were scheduled instead for Saturday because of religious observances.

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A spectator looks on as the Chicago River is dyed green ahead of the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago March 16, 2013.

With the holiday itself falling on a Sunday, many celebrations were scheduled instead for Saturday because of religious observances.

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The Breezy Point Catholic Club Pipes and Drums, from the Queens borough of New York, make their way up New York's Fifth Avenue as they take part in the St. Patrick's Day Parade March 16, 2013.

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Members of the Newtown (Conn.) High School Marching Band gather after marching in the St. Patrick's Day Parade March 16, 2013, in New York.

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Holding flags in memory of the 343 firefighters who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, members of the New York City Fire Department make their way up New York's Fifth Avenue as they take part in the St. Patrick's Day Parade March 16, 2013.

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Members of the Emerald Isle Step Dancers, from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., make their way up New York's Fifth Avenue as they take part in the St. Patrick's Day Parade March 16, 2013.

With the holiday itself falling on a Sunday, many celebrations were scheduled instead for Saturday because of religious observances.

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Jacob Tidwell, center, and his friends Donavan Mock, left, and Preston Vasquez react to a band during Savannah's 189-year-old St. Patrick's Day parade March 16, 2013, in Savannah, Ga.

Started in 1824 by early Irish immigrants to Georgia, the parade has ballooned into a sprawling street party that makes for Savannah's most profitable tourism event.

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Four year-old Mia York, left, walks her dog Howie, a Maltese, in the St. Patrick's Day parade in downtown St. Paul, Minn., March 16, 2013.

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Donna Flanagan, of Palm Coast, Fla., left, her sister-in-law Cathleen Flanagan, of Setauket, N.Y., right, and others watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade as it makes its way up New York's Fifth Avenue March 16, 2013.

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Kathy Brucia, of Bellmore, N.Y, left, and Kara Kerley, of Wantagh, N.Y., laugh as they watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade as it moves up New York's Fifth Avenue March 16, 2013.

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Spectators watch as the Chicago River is dyed green right before the start of the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago March 16, 2013.

With the holiday itself falling on a Sunday, many celebrations were scheduled instead for Saturday because of religious observances.

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John Shepard and Gena Damento of Rochester, Minn., take a photo of themselves kissing after the Chicago River was dyed green ahead of the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago March 16, 2013.

With the holiday itself falling on a Sunday, many celebrations were scheduled instead for Saturday because of religious observances.

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Dancers from the Tooromeen School of Dance perform during the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago March 16, 2013.

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