BOSTON - Thousands of revelers crowded the streets of Boston for the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, many wearing green and waving Irish flags as they watched Revolutionary War re-enactors and bagpipe brigades march by. Before the parade, the state’s political leaders gathered for the St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast in the city’s South Boston neighbourhood for Irish songs, Irish dancing and groan-worthy political jokes. The Boston area has a significant Irish-American population, and South Boston is its historical stomping ground. The breakfast itself dates back more than a century — and is a regular stop for politicians courting those of Irish descent. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, was campaigning in Tennessee and wasn’t at the breakfast.

Source: thestar March 17, 2019 16:54 UTC