Published March 16. 2015 04:01PM
Thousands of revelers, many of them wearing green, lined Broadway and West Broadway in Jim Thorpe for the 18th annual Carbon County St. Patrick's Day parade.
One day earlier, Mother Nature wiped out Bethlehem's celebration, leaving organizers in Carbon County feeling fortunate.
Father James Ward, of Immaculate Conception Church, gives a blessing as members of the Carbon County Ancient Order of Hibernians, Alec Campbell Division 1, look on at the start of Sunday's parade.