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St. Patrick’s Day 2016 celebrated around the country

Meg Hasken | mhasken@wtop.com

March 17, 2016, 4:26 PM

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NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Participants march in the 255th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 17: Participants march in the 255th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Participants march in the 255th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 17: Participants march in the 255th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Attendees seen at the 255th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 17: Attendees seen at the 255th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images
A logo of a shamrock in honor of St. Patricks day is shown on the third base bag as the grounds crew prepares the field for a spring training baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, March 17, 2016, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez
The fountain on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, is dyed green in honor of St. Patrick's Day, Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
The fountain on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, is dyed green in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
White House St. Patrick's Day
The fountain on the South Lawn of the White House is dyed green in honor of St. Patrick’s Day before a reception in the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Obama is celebrating his eighth St. Patrick’s Day in the White House. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
Sarah Griffenhagen, left, and her sister, Becky Hudgins, wear rain ponchos as light rain falls during the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Savannah, Georgia, Thursday, March 17, 2016. Thousands celebrate the Irish holiday each year in Savannah, where Irish immigrants held the city’s first St. Patrick’s parade in 1824. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)
AP Photo/Russ Bynum
Ed Lohmeyer, left, and Patty Hogan, of Cream Ridge, N.J., don green attire in honor of St. Patrick's Day while watching from the stands at the 18th green during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Ed Lohmeyer, left, and Patty Hogan, of Cream Ridge, N.J., don green attire in honor of St. Patrick’s Day while watching from the stands at the 18th green during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray marches in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray marches in the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: A man holds up a Gay Pride flag at the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
A man holds up a Gay Pride flag at the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Participants march in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Participants march in the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Participants march in the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Police officer Sgt. Slavin marches with his son in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Police officer Sgt. Slavin marches with his son in the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: People cheer as the during the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
People cheer as the during the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Participants march in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Participants march in the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: An Irish Wolfhound walks in the St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
An Irish Wolfhound walks in the St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Participants march in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Participants march in the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Participants march in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade as members of the military stand guard on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Participants march in the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade as members of the military stand guard in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Participants march in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Participants march in the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Members of the 69th Infantry Regiment march in the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Members of the 69th Infantry Regiment march in the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Spectators at the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Spectators at the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images
A spectator at the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images
A police officer poses with Miss New York at the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
A police officer poses with Miss New York at the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Spectators at the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Spectators at the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: A spectator watches the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
A spectator watches the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Members of the New York City Mounted Police ride horseback at the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Members of the New York City Mounted Police ride horseback at the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images
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NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Participants march in the 255th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Participants march in the 255th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Attendees seen at the 255th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
The fountain on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, is dyed green in honor of St. Patrick's Day, Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
White House St. Patrick's Day
Ed Lohmeyer, left, and Patty Hogan, of Cream Ridge, N.J., don green attire in honor of St. Patrick's Day while watching from the stands at the 18th green during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray marches in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: A man holds up a Gay Pride flag at the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Participants march in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Police officer Sgt. Slavin marches with his son in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: People cheer as the during the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Participants march in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: An Irish Wolfhound walks in the St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Participants march in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Participants march in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade as members of the military stand guard on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Participants march in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the largest and oldest in the world on March 17, 2016 in New York City. Now that a ban on openly gay groups has been dropped, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is attending the parade for the first time since he became mayor in 2014. The parade goes up Fifth Avenue ending at East 79th Street and will draw an estimated 2 million spectators along its 35-block stretch. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Members of the 69th Infantry Regiment march in the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Spectators at the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
A police officer poses with Miss New York at the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Spectators at the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: A spectator watches the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 17: Members of the New York City Mounted Police ride horseback at the 255th annual St. Patricks Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on March 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Americans gather around the country to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, including at the White House and in New York City — home to one of the largest and oldest annual St. Patrick’s Day parades in the world.

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