has been coming to the parade in new york since 1953. and tourists from dublin ireland who made the trip. it s great. does new york make it special? oh, yeah, the greatest. ireland is a very special country. why? it is beautiful. it is absolutely beautiful and the irish are beautiful people. chicago also celebrated, dyeing its river front in downtown chicago green. a tradition that dates back to 1962. it s a vegetable dye that is environmentally safe. they also had a big parade in downtown. and one of the largest st. patrick s day celebrations in the world is actually in savannah, georgia. vice president mike pence was there. mr. pence s grand father came over from ireland in 1923. there are more than 100 st. patrick s day parades held across the u.s. and around the world. from the five day festival in dublin to even the great wall of china, and rio de janeiro in brazil. some 13 million pints of guinness will be consumed by the end of the day worldwide.
the recipe is a dye and apparently it s a secret, but the city says it is environmentally safe. and if you head out east, new york city is having a parade. yeah, we had a big one today. thousands were decked out in green enjoying the festivities. and this was just the beginning. the night is still young. bryan llenas has a look at how the rest of the nation is celebrating. julie, this was the 257th running of the st. patrick s day parade in new york city. it s the largest in the world. you know, the first was on march 17th, 1762. that s 14 years before the u.s. declaration of independence. some 2 million spectators came out today to enjoy the six-hour-long parade for 35 blocks on manhattan s 5th avenue, 100 marching bands joined in. today is about celebrating the patron saint of ireland st. patrick who brought christianity to ireland in the fifth century. we spoke to is a man who has been we spoke to a man who
has been coming to the parade in new york since 1953. and tourists from dublin ireland who made the trip. it s great. does new york make it special? oh, yeah, the greatest. ireland is a very special country. why? it is beautiful. it is absolutely beautiful and the irish are beautiful people. chicago also celebrated, dyeing its river front in downtown chicago green. a tradition that dates back to 1962. it s a vegetable dye that is environmentally safe. they also had a big parade in downtown. and one of the largest st. patrick s day celebrations in the world is actually in savannah, georgia. vice president mike pence was there. mr. pence s grand father came over from ireland in 1923. there are more than 100 st. patrick s day parades held across the u.s. and around the world. from the five day festival in dublin to even the great wall of china, and rio de janeiro in brazil. some 13 million pints of guinness will be consumed by the end of the day worldwide.
river. the recipe is a dye and apparently it s a secret, but the city says it is environmentally safe. and if you head out east, new york city is having a parade. yeah, we had a big one today. thousands were decked out in green enjoying the festivities. and this was just the beginning. the night is still young. bryan llenas has a look at how the rest of the nation is celebrating. julie, this was the 257th running of the st. patrick s day parade in new york city. it s the largest in the world. you know, the first was on march 17th, 1762. that s 14 years before the u.s. declaration of independence. some 2 million spectators came out today to enjoy the six-hour-long parade for 35 blocks on manhattan s 5th avenue, 100 marching bands joined in. today is about celebrating the patron saint of ireland st. patrick who brought christianity to ireland in the fifth century. we spoke to is a man who has been we spoke to a man who
today is about celebrating the patron saint of ireland st. patrick who brought christianity to ireland in the fifth century. we spoke to a man who has been coming to the parade in new york since 1953 and tourists from dublin ireland who made the trip. does new york make it special? oh, yeah. ireland is a very special country. why so? it s beautiful, absolutely beautiful. and irish are beautiful people. chicago also celebrated, dyeing its river front in downtown chicago green, a tradition that dates back to 1962. it s a vegetable dye that is environmentally safe. they also had a big parade in downtown. and one of the largest st. patrick s day celebrations in the world is actually in savannah, georgia. vice president mike pence was there. mr. pence s grand father came over from ireland in 1923. there are more than 100 st. patrick s day parades held across the u.s. and around the