Kiss me, I’m an Irishman! – But better behave.
Boston officials hope East start time for this year’s iconic procession of St. Patrick in southern Boston will collect “Tomfoolery”.
The celebration of two for one-day of St. Patrick and the Parade of Evacuation Day would start at 11:30 at the local time on Sunday, March 16th. It is an hour and a half earlier than in the past years as Politicians and Parade Organizers Try to prevent bad behavior from the revelation.
“The Parade will start earlier this year in an attempt to get rid of Tomfoolery better,” state senator Nick Collins said in a local exit statement, Dorchester journalist. “Last year, there were sad moments on the parade that we don’t want to happen again this time.”
File – Discussers dance on the strollers during the parade of St. Patrick’s Day in South Boston, on Sunday, March 17, 2013. (Angela Rowlings/Medianews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital addressed Collins, as well as city councilor Ed Flynn, who both called for reforms to the parade after chaos ensued last year.
“Act under the golden rule, and if you didn’t do it home – don’t do it here,” said Flynn, a retired US Navy veteran who served during surgery for lasting freedom, he told Fox News Digital.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Police Commissioner in Boston Michael Cox shared a similar message.
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“We ask anyone who comes to this event and a neighborhood, as if it were your home,” Cox said. “Boston is a welcome city, but the fact is that we don’t greet rude and illegal behavior. “
File-firing marching dressed as a character of a high-five star wars in southern Boston. (Dina Rudick/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
“This is a family event. This is Not a drink fest, ” Cox continued.
Cox said that all alcoholic beverages in southern Boston will be closed at 4 pm, taverns and restaurants will stop admitting people at 6:00 pm and will stop serving alcohol at 7pm
Cox warned parents that children and teenagers should be accompanied or not attended at all.
“It’s not Mardi Gras, and it’s not intended for that,” said Boston chief EMS James Hooley at a press conference.
File – Members of the Minutemen Lexington March during the Parade of St. Patrick’s Day in the neighborhood of southern Boston on March 15, 2015. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Parade of St. Patrick’s Day in South Boston is one of the largest in the United States. Last year’s parade attracted about one million people.
Hooley said that the parade “did not appear so well last year”, and was especially encouraged by “young, drunken people in general and struggled with her.”
File – Make Tous for Packlings statues are ready for the parade of St. Patrick’s Day in Boston, carrying green lids. (David l ryan/the Boston Globe via Getty Images)
More people were arrested at last year’s parade, according to a local Boston 25 news outlet. Questions included disturbing incidents of violence, attacks It has become viral, People on roofless roofs, and throw beer cans on march parades, the socket reported.
“If you are a guest or in southern Boston for a parade of the day of evacuation – show some usual kindness and respect for residents, our veterans and military families, our dedicated first answers and our history,” Flynn said.
Parade is also a celebration of the Evacuation Day – the evacuation of British troops from Boston on March 17, 1776.
