Corktown to host annual St. Pat's parade Sunday

Detroit's annual St. Patrick's parade is Sunday, and Model D has the guide for would-be revelers.

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Parade day, Sunday, March 11 this year, is truly one of Detroit’s most fun annual events. The Corktown event is nothing like the big Thanksgiving Day parade downtown: It is rag-tag, humble and often silly — not to say that it isn’t also proud and dignified sometimes, too. Floats are often nothing more than the unadorned bed of a pick-up truck and a few scattered marchers, or just an extended family walking down Michigan Avenue together. Nevertheless, everyone in the parade is laughing, waving to family and friends and tossing beads and candy to the crowd.

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