I’ve marched in quite a few parades, but this was the first one where the spectators came out with trays of shot glasses full of Irish Whiskey for the marchers. They even had waste cans to collect the empties. It was a cold day, and that Irish whiskey was just what we needed.
Linda and I carried the banner for the Carbon County Labor Chapter. We were preceded in the parade by the “Patchtown Players,” a group who dresses in period costumes from the era of the Molly Maguires, right down to a lit miner’s lamp and corsets on the women. They represented labor in the 1800s; we marched for labor today.
It was a great day for labor, for fun, and for the Irish.
I must tell you one odd thing. We left Jim Thorpe by way of Lentz Trail. The cops had a sobriety checkpoint on that road, but they were checking the cars coming into Jim Thorpe. I don’t think they were clear on the concept.
Lucky you!!!
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