Planting shamrocks in the cold, hard ground.
Larry Mendte stood at the podium in an icy wind, and he managed to put a positive spin on the annual 5K to benefit the Philadelphia Irish Famine Memorial.
“In a way, everybody won,” he said, “because there was no 5K this morning.”
The Delaware Valley woke up to frozen roads and windshields, so it was a wonder any annual St. Patrick’s Day observances took place.
But the annual ceremony at the Philadelphia Irish Famine Memorial down at Front and Chestnut did go on, as scheduled, though it was much shorter than usual.
Take a look (and be glad you are inside and warm).
