Grand Marshall Kathy McGee Burns with her daughter, Judge Kelly Wall.
The Irish are great about a lot of things, but maybe the best thing they do is never restrict a big party to just one day. St. Patrick’s Day is Tuesday and the Philly Parade is on Sunday, but there’s been one party after another all week.
On Thursday, The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick held its annual wreath-laying at City Hall under the plaque honoring the Irish who signed the Declaration of Independence and fought in the Revolutionary War. Councilman-at-Large Ed Neilson took over Mayor Michael Nutter’s job (he was unavailable) of reading the city’s proclamation honoring the Irish on St. Patrick’s Day.
Later, the annual sashing of the Grand Marshal–this year, Kathy McGee Burns, president of the Irish Memorial and the Delaware Valley Irish Hall of Fame and a member of more than half a dozen other Irish organizations–and the St. Patrick’s Ring of Honor took place at the Doubletree Hotel on Broad Street in Philadelphia.
Below you can see our photos from both events.
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