INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis showed off its Irish pride ahead of St. Patrick’s day on Thursday with a sea of green at the city’s annual “Greening of the Canal” event.
Gov. Holcomb, Mayor Hogsett and the Irish citizen of the year were part of the group that poured the green die into the Indianapolis Canal basin.
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Hundreds turned out for the official kick-off to the city’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations.
Watch the video above to see the Indy canal go green.
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