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Chicago honours Mother Jones for St Patrick’s Day 2025.

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The Mother Jones Heritage Project Committee and its supporters marched in the St Patrick’s Day parades 2025.

Accompanied by the enormous Mother Jones float the large contingent made a colourful display in the windy City with their banners of “Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living”. While it was balmy on Saturday, heavy snow fell on Sunday.  

According to organiser Rosemary Feurer, who was delighted with the large turnout and the crowds response” It was really heartening to hear the cheers from the crowd. “I LOVE MOTHER JONES!!” and “Go, Mother!” “and this rubbed off on the enthusiastic marchers. 

It was a great celebration of Cork born Mother Jones. 

All photographs courtesy of Dave Adams. Our thanks to the Mother Jones Heritage Project in Chicago.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Chicago 2022 with Mother Jones.

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Congratulations to all involved with bringing Mother Jones to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The Mother Jones inflatable was paraded through the streets of Chicago, on Saturday 12th March and received a great reception from the thousands lining the streets. Brigid Duffy also appeared as the Chicago Mother Jones.

The parade honoured Chicago’s essential workers. After a two year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the parade returned to Columbus Drive on Saturday, where the Chicago River was dyed green, a 60 year tradition. This event is believed to be the largest neighbourhood based St. Patrick’s Day parade outside of Dublin, drawing as many as 150,000 people.

Mother Jones at Chicago Parade courtesy of Mother Jones Lives.
Brigid Duffy as Mother Jones at the Parade, courtesy of Mother Jones Lives.