Parade Organizers Don't Want to See a Rainbow Saturday
Dundalk's annual St. Patrick's Day parade is Saturday, weather-permitting.
Lil Tirschman is "praying to the wee people" that it doesn't rain Saturday. The co-organizer of Dundalk's annual St. Patrick's Day parade is hoping — and asking for the assistance of leprechauns — that the procession can take place as scheduled. Weather has not been kind to the parade in its short history. This year will be the procession's sixth, and weather has canceled it twice — once for rain and another because of snow and ice. "The last I saw, they're calling for rain on Saturday," Tirschman said. "And if it rains, my pipers can't come out, and my antique cars can't come out." The parade began as a nod to Dundalk's Irish roots. Tirschman was always amazed the town founded by bellmaker Henry McShane didn't have a St. Patrick's Day …
Buzz Beeler
6:53 pm on Thursday, March 15, 2012
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