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| Looking up Broadway just before the parade. |
Just a few shots from this year's event. Some say it's a tradition that must go on. Others say the public drinking and all the associated problems are outweighing the benefits. One non-profit on Broadway made over $400 in hot dog sales. I spoke with one owner of an office complex along Broadway who says the nuissances and the oversight needed to keep his property free from the ill-effects of the party-goers doesn't outweigh the positives the parade brings. You won't hear the same worries from the homes filled with the revelers.
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| One of the many street performers along the route. |
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| Patiently waiting for the start? The parade was over an hour late. |
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| The mounted state police from Philadelphia on imposing draft horses lead the way. |
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| The boys from the Bucktail Regiment fire their muskets in a show of respect for the Irish miners hung at the Carbon Jail on the "Day of the Rope" - June 21, 1877. The guard tower stands over the route above. |
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| Many of the bagpipe groups return to their favorite house parties for after parade reverie. |
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| Oh the humanity...parade aftermath. The Jim Thorpe Chief of Police listed all the public drunkness and disorderly conduct citations in the next day's Times News. |
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