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The floats head down Peachtree Street during the Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade, Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Atlanta. The parade begins at noon at the corner of 15th and Peachtree streets and will continue south along Peachtree to 5th Street. Everyone is encouraged to be Irish for the day as they watch the parade, which is filled with floats, bands, bagpipe and drum corps, dancers, clowns, drill teams and more. (Hyosub Shin / AJC)
By Ashley Ahn and
March 15, 2025

Atlanta’s annual St. Patrick’s Parade painted the town green as musicians wearing green top hats blared their bagpipes, dancers twirled their colorful flags and makeshift pub floats promenaded through Midtown Saturday afternoon.

Hundreds of spectators decked out in their own lucky green apparel, from seaweed-colored wigs, four-leaf clover sunglasses to Mardi Gras beads, lined Peachtree Street to ring in the lucky occasion.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens waves as the floats head down Peachtree Street during the Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade, Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Atlanta. The parade begins at noon at the corner of 15th and Peachtree streets and will continue south along Peachtree to 5th Street. Everyone is encouraged to be Irish for the day as they watch the parade, which is filled with floats, bands, bagpipe and drum corps, dancers, clowns, drill teams and more. (Hyosub Shin / AJC)

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Spectators dance as the floats head down Peachtree Street during the Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade, Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Atlanta. The parade begins at noon at the corner of 15th and Peachtree streets and will continue south along Peachtree to 5th Street. Everyone is encouraged to be Irish for the day as they watch the parade, which is filled with floats, bands, bagpipe and drum corps, dancers, clowns, drill teams and more. (Hyosub Shin / AJC)

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Ashley Ahn is a reporter on the breaking news team for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Hyosub Shin was born and raised in South Korea. Inspired by the work of National Geographic photographers, he came to the United States to study photography. He thought his time in the U.S. would be brief, but photography took him to California and eventually, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He took his oath of citizenship in 2017.

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