St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Milwaukee
One fine Saturday afternoon I left for Gaurav’s place (which is more like a routine now for weekends) and was in the bus number 14 as usual to Southridge Mall…
When the bus was moving on the Wisconsin Avenue, I saw a lot of people on the road.. the number was too high for any Saturday that I have been here in Milwaukee and they were with family, food, dogs, chairs, blankets and what not and were setting camps next to the road…
I decided to get off the bus and figure out what was happening… and realised that it was the St. Patrick’s day Parade day… Disappointed that I was only carrying my walk-around lens and not the long one, and happy that I was at least carrying the camera, I decided to stick around and watch the parade…
It turned out to be a wonderful experience and the first such in the US for this visit… Enjoy the photographs below…
A number of vintage cars participated in the parade… these two are from 1940s and still running flawlessly… I took a few pictures of the owner of the car on the right, and he has offered me to show around the town and even a ride in the 1945 Ford he has… I am really looking forward to that opportunity…
The guy on the right wanted me to take a picture of his… He told me that they manage the security in the Parade…I asked him if he has a gun, he said yes but refused to show it to me 🙂 I told him I believed him and took this picture of his 🙂 and his colleague…
This was the lad(y) of liberty posing for me 🙂
Was happy to see so many Harley’s on the road… Milwaukee has the HD Museum which is really one of its kind in the US being the only official HD Museum !
A number of IRISH dance schools also participated in the parade with girls of all ages dancing a bit every few hundred feet for the crowds…
The man with kilts playing the Bagpiper… I love this instrument… There is a Scottish band called Clanedonia who do percussion and bagpipe fusion and they are amazing.. do find a CD if you can!
Many Manimals were there too.. oops.. Animals I meant ! Dogs (picture on flickr sometime in future) Horses… what amazing animal is a horse… very royal and the ones in the parade were huge ! Larger than life ones !And this is me 🙂 on a different day but wanted to post this picture coz I love it so much !!! Thank you Preet for taking this picture !!!
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