South Boston Parade Route Reverses for America’s 250th Birthday Celebration

In recognition of America's 250th birthday, the Allied War Veterans have announced they will change this year's St. Patrick's Day Parade route. 

The parade will start at Andrew Square instead of Broadway Station. It will travel through Dorchester Street, Telegraph Street, Thomas Park, G Street, Sixth Street, K Street, Fourth Street, P Street, East and West Broadway, and A Street.*

The St. Patrick's Day Parade celebrates Evacuation Day in the City of Boston. On March 17, 1776, during the American Revolution, a group of minutemen and soldiers pushed British forces out of Boston, ending an 11-month occupation of the city and marking a significant Revolutionary War victory for the American Patriot forces.

According to an NBC10 Boston report, Henry Knox and his “noble train of artillery” played an important role in this victory. Knox, a 25-year-old Boston bookseller and American revolutionary, reported to Gen. George Washington in Cambridge that he and his volunteers had transported 59 cannon and artillery 300 miles, from Fort Ticonderoga in New York to eastern Massachusetts, at the height of winter. 

Knox guided the cannon to Dorchester Heights (from what would be Andrew Square up Telegraph Street) and trained them on the British fleet in Boston Harbor, all but forcing the British to retreat.

This year's St. Patrick's Day Parade will take place on Sunday, March 15, beginning at 11:30 a.m.

*Note: Before A Street, 18-wheelers will leave straight down Broadway, exiting the parade at that point.