Local St. Pat’s Day Parade Almost Ended
The Kansas City St. Patrick’s Day parade – said today to be the 6th largest in the country – started out strong in 1873, but by 1891, anti-Catholic sentiment drove it to a close. It wasn’t until 1973 that a conversation in a cocktail lounge brought it back to life. And for a while, after […]
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