The annual Saint Patrick’s Day parade returned with a wave of green Sunday, just days after two homeless encampments along the route were swept away.
SEATTLE — Two long, pandemic years have passed since a parade marched through downtown Seattle.
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell says the timing of this latest encampment sweep is just a coincidence. He said that removing the tents was just part of his plan for the city to get people out of the cold.It seemed that almost everybody in downtown Seattle was a little bit Irish on this overcast Sunday before Saint Patrick’s Day.
“I feel amazing!” exclaimed pirate Lance English. “This is our first parade in two years. We’re dying. We’re ready to get out there and have a blast.”“Oh, this is so much fun to be back in a parade again,” agreed Heather Fleischman, dressed as Star Wars’ Princess Leia. “We’re all so excited. It’s just wonderful to see everybody back together again. Seeing Seattle back out here for a parade again, it’s fantastic.
There wasn’t much celebrating on the parade route Wednesday. That’s when the city made good on its plan three weeks late to remove the homeless encampments across from Seattle City Hall.Harrell said the timing of the encampment sweep had nothing to do with Irish luck. He insists it’s all about housing those without a home.
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