St. Patrick's Day Parade Scranton St. Patrick's Day Parade Scranton The St. Patrick's Parade Day in Scranton is one of the largest Saint Patrick's Day parades in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is held in Scranton, Pennsylvania every year on the Saturday of the weekend before St. Patrick's Day - even if St Patrick's day falls on a Saturday or Sunday. For Example, in 2013, St. Patrick's Day was on a Sunday, and the Parade was held on the Saturday of the previous weekend - March 9 The date of the parade is commonly referred to as "Parade Day". Festivities begin with a mass at 10:00 am
Samuel S. Day Samuel S. Day Samuel Stearns Day (1808–1871), also known by name Samuel S. Day, was the first Canadian-born American Baptist missionary to Telugu speaking provinces – Visakhapatnam, nearby to British Baptist missionary presence in Orissa("present" Orissa); and Nellore, part of then-Madras presidency, later part of Andhra, and currently part of Andhra Pradesh. He was the founder of American and Canadian Baptist missions in Telugu speaking provinces, especially Telugu Baptist mission at Nellore. He was born in Bastard Township, Ontario, Canada on 13 May 1808 to Jeremiah and Submit Day. He went to Sunday school in 1818. He has the habit