Video: Green River in Chicago - a gift to residents for St. Patrick's Day
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
If you still doubt that the Magic Land of Oz exists, then finally all doubts can be dropped. Otherwise, how to explain the green river in the center from where did it come from? Chicago? It flows from the Emerald City. However, for those who are still accustomed to finding an explanation for any paradox, we reveal a secret: in such an unusual way, Americans celebrate one of the funniest holidays of the year - St. Patrick 's Day!
Of course, St. Patrick's Day is an original Irish holiday, the symbol of which is the emerald shamrock, but over the years the tradition of raising beer glasses to the sound of Irish bagpipes has spread throughout the world. In some cities they surprise with green beer with bagels, in Chicago they take it by the river. What can you say here? Truly "Everyone's Irish on March 17th", as the holiday motto says!
It turns out that "greening" the river for Chicagoans is a common thing. For the first time such a procedure was carried out back in 1962, and, as often happens, had nothing to do with the celebration. One of the plumbers came up with the idea to paint the drainage waters of buildings located on the shore when a ban was imposed on the discharge of sewage into the river. The idea came to the liking of the commercial director of the Plumbers Union Stephen Bailey, and it was decided to surprise the residents of the city for the celebration of St. Patrick's Day.
The Chicago authorities keep the "formula for success" secret, but it is known for certain that a special orange dye is used, which, getting into the blue river waters, paints them in a real emerald color. Thousands of tourists come here to see this miracle, despite the fact that the weather in mid-March is still usually not conducive to festivities. The main entertainment, of course, is dressing up as leprechauns and all kinds of water activities!
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