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Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade may be a showcase for politicians, but the parade itself has had roles in two movies, “The Fugitive” and “Blink.”In fact, both movies filmed during The ornately costumed Sheila Tully Dancers dance down Dearborn Street in the 38th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, March 18, 1993. A float honors Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer on Sunday, March After running through Daley Plaza, Kimble blends in with the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The cool thing is that this was shot in the real parade. Kimble dons a green hat and escapes, despite being Crowds watch as the Chicago River is dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day by the Plumber’s Local 130 in Chicago on March 11, 2023. Credit: Kathleen Hinkel/Block Club Chicago Chicago River Dyeing & St. Patrick’s Day Parade. 10 a.m. Saturday, March 15. Various locations Downtown The ornately costumed Sheila Tully Dancers dance down Dearborn Street in the 38th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, March 18, 1993. cape for the queen of Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade CHICAGO — With the downtown St. Patrick’s Day Parade set for Saturday, WGN-TV went through the tapes to find some of our old broadcasts of the parade. In 1993, a scene from the movie Today. Photograph: Max Herman. Now in its 68th year, the Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade has become one of the city’s defining traditions, accompanied by the dyeing of the river by the Credit: Kathleen Hinkel/Block Club Chicago. The first St. Patrick’s Day parade in Chicago was held in 1843, when the city’s population was between 8,000 and 12,000. Marchers included citizens, a band and a military group of Irish men called the Montgomery Guard, who had spent the winter raising money for uniforms that debuted in the parade. According to a well-researched 2024 Block Club Chicago feature by Linze Rice, the first St. Patrick’s Day parade in Chicago was held in 1843 and included citizens, a band and a military group of "The Fugitive" preserves memories of real Chicago St. Patrick's Day festivities When it was released in 1993, “The Fugitive” received fairly positive reviews for the way in which the film resurrected the imagery of a hit 1960s television program w hile not being completely tied to its memory. The downtown Chicago St. Patrick’s Day parade kicks off at noon Saturday. Entry to the parade route opens at 11 a.m. at Jackson Boulevard and Ida B. Wells Drive, according to the organizers. Chicago's "St. Patrick's Day Parade 1978" highlights captured in this six-minute Super 8mm home movie. Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church located at 700 W Adams Street in Chicago will be holding their annual St. Patrick’s Day party on Saturday, March 15 from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the Old St. Pat’s Campus, 625 W. Adams (Entrance on Des Plaines St. between Adams & Jackson). Archer Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Saturday, March 15 The Chicago St. Patrick's Day parade will be preceded by the ultra-popular river dyeing at 10 a.m. Plumbers Local 130 will dye the Chicago River a brilliant emerald green west of Columbus Drive Chicago St. Patrick's Day parade route. The city's downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The parade steps off at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 15, at Columbus and Chicago St. Patrick's Day parade route. The city's downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The parade steps off at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 15, at Columbus and The St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Chicago 2025 always takes place the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day. The parade will begin this year on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at noon. Like previous years, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade will move along Columbus Drive from Balbo to Monroe Street. But with kids, it might be just as fun to hit one of the many neighborhood celebrations—the South Side St. Patrick's Day Parade on Sunday is family-friendly, as are the Northwest Side celebration, and the St. Patrick's Festival at the Irish American Heritage Center. Let’s take a look back at how they came to be and revisit Tribune movie columnist Gene Siskel‘s take on the most iconic Chicago-based St. Patrick’s Day movie of all time — which was filmed
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