Daley at St. Patrick's Day Parade, 1963

A high point of the year for <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT007475" title="Richard M. Daley" href="/topic/politics/government/richard-m.-daley-PEPLT007475.topic">Mayor Richard Daley</a> was the annual <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVFES0000042" title="St. Patrick's Day" href="/topic/arts-culture/holidays/st.-patricks-day-EVFES0000042.topic">St. Patrick's Day</a> Parade. Daley, shown leading the 1963 march down State Street, lived his entire life in the traditionally Irish neighborhood of Bridgeport.

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( Tribune archive photo )

A high point of the year for Mayor Richard Daley was the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. Daley, shown leading the 1963 march down State Street, lived his entire life in the traditionally Irish neighborhood of Bridgeport.