AP PHOTOS: St. Pat's day across the nation

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AP PHOTOS: St. Pat's day across the nation
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From left, Sabrina Bazadona, 8, of Courtdale, Adam Shovlin, 7, of Duryea, and Julia Gallagher, 7, of Wilkes-Barre Township, watch the Wilkes-Barre St. Patrick's Day parade in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Saturday, March 16, 2013. St. Patrick's Day Parade (AP Photo/The Citizens' Voice, Kristen Mullen)

From left, Sabrina Bazadona, 8, of Courtdale, Adam Shovlin, 7, of Duryea, and Julia Gallagher, 7, of Wilkes-Barre Township, watch the Wilkes-Barre St. Patrick's Day parade in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Saturday, March 16, 2013. St. Patrick's Day Parade (AP Photo/The Citizens' Voice, Kristen Mullen)

A spectator looks on as the Chicago River is dyed green ahead of the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago, Saturday, March, 16, 2013. With the holiday itself falling on a Sunday, many celebrations were scheduled for Saturday because of religious observances. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Mary Steffens, of Duluth, Ga., holds a cup of green beer in her teeth while she tries to take a picture during Savannah?s St. Patrick?s Day parade, Saturday, March, 16, 2013, in Savannah, Ga. Thousands of gaudy green revelers Saturday crammed the oak-shaded squares and sidewalks of downtown Savannah for the St. Patrick's Day celebration that's a 189-year-old tradition in Georgia's oldest city. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)

United States Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Tanner Marshall is grabbed and kissed by a woman during Savannah?s St. Patrick?s Day parade, Saturday, March, 16, 2013, in Savannah, Ga. St. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)

Holding flags in memory of the 343 firefighters who lost their lives in the Sept. 11 attacks, members of the New York City Fire Department make their way up New York's Fifth Avenue as they take part in the St. Patrick's Day Parade Saturday, March 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

A sea of emerald green is sweeping the nation this weekend as crowds gather in big cities and small towns to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

In New York, hundreds of thousands of revelers lined the St. Patrick's Day parade route, cheering the marching bands, dance troupes and politicians.

In downtown Chicago, thousands along the Chicago River cheered as workers on a boat dumped dye into the water, turning it a bright fluorescent green for at least a few hours in an eye-catching local custom.

And in Ireland, Dublin's five-day St. Patrick's Day festival was unfolding with a new addition. For the first time, up to 8,000 visitors from around the world were due to march in a so-called people's parade Sunday, when Ireland's capital city also intends hold its usual procession of bands and pageantry.

Here are some photos of St. Pat's celebrations around the country.

Associated Press
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