Church Hill Irish Festival (March 25, 2017)

One of my favorite events is the Church Hill Irish Festival. I tend to go early, and catch the opening parade. Always a good time with a lot of good food, tasty beer, and you get to see guys and gals in kilts play bagpipes and beat on drums. Not the typical thing to do but a whole lot of fun.
Weather was perfect for the festival..t shirt weather for the rest of us, and not a cloud in the shy. Even had a bit of Irish dancing at the festival as well as some really good bands.  

Nearby is St. John's Church. In the graveyard is the mother of Edgar Allen Poe and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
The church is famous for the speech given by Patrick Henry just before the Revolutionary War which ended with the epic line "Give me Liberty or Give me Death". Learned a few things including that the church is much bigger than it was back then, but it is still the original building which has survived as long as America...and then some.