Early Tuesday morning the organizers of the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade marched up Fifth Avenue. This came just days after they had canceled the parade.
Organizers said they went forward with the small gathering to keep the tradition alive. They said they notified the city first and kept their distance from one another.
“The traditions of the parade is that it has marched for every single year since 1762,” said Hilary Beirne, chairman of St. Patrick’s Day Foundation. “And it was very, very important that that was continued today in New York City.”