City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2004-0167

• File #: 2004-0167
• Version: 1
• Type: Proclamation
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/9/2004
• In control: City Council
• Enactment date: 3/9/2004
• Enactment #: 69
• Title: NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend all of the organizers of and participants in the Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does, in the Spirit of Pittsburgh's Irish community, hereby declare the week of March 8-13, 2004 to be "St. Patrick's Week" in the City of Pittsburgh.
• Sponsors: Douglas Shields, Gene Ricciardi, Len Bodack, Twanda Carlisle, Alan Hertzberg, Jim Motznik, William Peduto, Luke Ravensthal, Sala Udin
• Indexes: PROCLAMATION - MS. PAYNE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/9/2004	1	City Council	Adopted	Pass

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      WHEREAS, Pittsburgh Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, sponsored by the Irish Society for Education and Charity Inc. and the St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee will be held on Saturday March 13, 2004; and,

      WHEREAS, The St. Patrick's Day Parade, first held in 1869, has grown in size and splendor since 1950.  The parade now consists of thousands of enthusiastic Irish marchers and draws tens of thousands of spectators to downtown Pittsburgh becoming the oldest and largest parade in the City of Pittsburgh, and the second largest St. Patrick's Day Parade in the country; and,

      WHEREAS, the magnificent St. Patrick's Day Parade will feature marching bands, specialty acts, traditional Irish costumes and floats; and,

      WHEREAS, the parade will begin at 10:00 AM at the Mellon Arena, led by this years Grand Marshall, Diane Byrnes, and including "Miss Smiling Irish Eyes" Colleen Conneely, and her court, Renny Maria Hess and Kasey Maureen Chester and St. Brigid's Court Tara Ridge.

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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend all of the organizers of and participants in the Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does, in the Spirit of Pittsburgh's Irish community, hereby declare the week of March 8-13, 2004 to be "St. Patrick's Week" in the City of Pittsburgh.