Politicians and more on the march at Sunday's Northwest Side Irish Parade

Parades and politicians go together like peanut butter and jelly or (to be seasonal) corned beef and cabbage. Some pictures of the groups supporting Northwest Side aldermanic runoff candidates can be found on page one.

State Senator John Mulroe had a large group marching down Northwest Highway.

So did Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky:


The best parades mix the serious and the silly. This, for example, was not the Grand Marshall of this year's Northwest Side Irish Parade, the banner notwithstanding:


The real Grand Marshalls of this year's Northwest Side Irish Parade were Brother Konrad Diebold and Dr. Joe Schmidt, the President and Principal, respectively, of Chicago's St. Patrick High School.

St. Pat's is observing its 150th anniversary this year.