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Savannah gearing up for profitable St. Patrick's Day weekend
Around 500,000 expected to celebrate holiday
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Marion May wears a leprechaun hat while playing his flute next to a fountain of green-dyed water on the downtown riverfront of Savannah, Georgia, on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Savannah is gearing up for its 195-year-old St. Patrick's Day parade, the city's largest tourism event of the year. - photo by Associated Press
SAVANNAH — Park fountains are gushing with green-dyed water. Beer trucks are making deliveries on a constant loop. And thousands of tourists in gaudy green outfits will soon arrive for Savannah's biggest celebration of the year.
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