2024 Co-Grand Marshals Maryann and Kevin Meara
The 37th Hamilton St. Patrick's Day Parade stepped off between rain drops on Saturday,
the weather perhaps an homage to the common climate of the Emerald Isle where so many
marching and in attendance claim their family ancestry from.
The march was led ably by Grand Marshals Kevin and Maryann Meara, stalwarts in the Hamilton
community and founders of the Hamilton-based non-profit organization City of Angels (COA),
formed after the tragic death of their eldest son, Kevin "KC" Meara who died from a heroin
overdose on June 30, 2008 at just 24-years-old.
Photo Credit: Steve Lenox
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2024 Miss St. Patrick Kayla Adam
Offering a strong indication that the future of Irish America is bright
was Kayla Adam, 2024's Miss St. Patrick, who offered her own words of gratitude to all who helped
make the parade possible, as well as to her own family, and her late grandfather, whom she said
instilled the morals of love and tradition which mean so much in her home.
Photo Credit: Steve Lenox
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