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Chicago dyes its river green and has
done so since 1962 when sewer
workers used green dye to check for
sewer discharges and had the idea to
turn the river green for Saint
Patrick's Day. Originally 100 pounds
of vegetable dye was used to turn
the river green for a whole week but
now only forty pounds of dye is used
and the colour only lasts for
several hours. The dyeing
can be best viewed from the East
side of the Michigan Avenue bridge,
the West side of the Columbus Drive
bridge or upper and lower Wacker
Drive between Michigan Avenue and
Columbus Drive.
Following this, the St Patrick's Day
parade starts at Balbo and Columbus.
The parade units will proceed north
on Columbus Drive and the viewing
stand will be located in front of
Buckingham Fountain.
Little
is known of Patrick's early life,
though it is known that he was born
in Roman Britain in the 4th century,
into a wealthy Romano-British
family. His father and grandfather
were deacons in the Church. At the
age of sixteen, he was kidnapped by
Irish raiders and taken captive to
Ireland as a slave. It is
believed he was held somewhere on
the west coast of Ireland, possibly
Mayo, but the exact location is
unknown. According to his
Confession, he was told by God in a
dream to flee from captivity to the
coast, where he would board a ship
and return to Britain. Upon
returning, he quickly joined the
Church in Auxerre in Gaul and
studied to be a priest.
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