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Daniel Day Lewis and Sally Field — or was it a time-traveling Abe and Mary Lincoln? — took time off from fighting for the 14th Amendment to drop by for Greater New Haven’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday..
They were protected by reenactors from the 2nd Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery.
This year’s parade grand marshal was Joseph Lynch, but there was a queen of the festivities too: Fiona Stewart waved her long white-gloved hands to marching units of all kinds from the viewing stand and pronounced the parade “absolutely beautiful.”
Stewart, of Meriden, was selected by the four area Irish associations that organize the parade.
The pipers and drummers abounded moving up Church Street, the last leg of the parade, with a long stride.
A team of four horses pulled the Wells Fargo Wagon, but only one was needed to support Lt. Colonel David Humphreys.
He rode to the parade courtesy of the Derby Historical Society. Humphreys was George Washington’s indispensable secretary and all-purpose assistant during the Revolutionary War.
When he’s not in the St. Pat’s parade, he’s buried at the Grove Street Cemetery.
At the other end of the time continuum, a half dozen black and white clad members of 501 CTG, our local Star Wars reenactors, were also on hand. They don’t quite yet outnumber the reenactors of real wars, but you never know.
Click here for a story about one bagpipe battalion.
Fabulous job everyone! Thanks for making our parade better every year.