The streets of South Boston ran green with Irish pride Sunday morning, as revelers poured out for the earlier, stricter edition of Southies annual St. Patrick’s/Evacuation Day Parade. “This is Boston’s finest,

New York City’s 264th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade kicked off at 11 a.m. on 43rd Street. It’s estimated 2 million spectators and 150,000 marchers – including the mayor and governor of New York – line 5th Avenue for the event.

The Chicago River was running bright green on Saturday, as it does every St. Patrick's Day weekend. Thankfully, the high winds in the forecast died down as the dye went into the water ahead of the St.