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2008 Scranton Pennsylvania Saint Patrick's Day Parade
Saturday, March 15, 2008 11:30 am
2008 Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Pennsylvania (PA)
Jack Flanagan is the grand marshal of Scranton’s 46th annual St. Patrick’s Day
Parade.
Mr.
Flanagan’s appointment, as well as those of several other dignitaries who lead
the annual procession, have been announced by the St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Committee of Lackawanna County.
William Egan Sr. is honorary grand marshal; Mayor Chris Doherty, parade marshal;
Leo P. Higgins, honorary parade marshal, and Monsignor James McGarry, honorary
parade commander.
Mr. Flanagan is the business manager of the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers Local 81. Mr. Egan is president of Kelly Motor Co. and father
of Parade Association president Bill Egan Jr. Along with being Scranton’s mayor,
Mr. Doherty is president of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. A past president
of the parade association, Mr. Higgins is an officer of the Irish American Men’s
Association. Monsignor McGarry is the pastor of Our Lady of the Snows Church in
Clarks Summit.
The parade steps off Saturday at 11:45 a.m. on Wyoming Avenue near Mulberry
Street. It is dedicated to the memory of Monsignor Andrew McGowan, Timmy
Cummings and Donald Regan, who passed away this year. The 2007 Brian P. Kelly
Memorial 5K Race is dedicated to William Haggerty.
Parade day will begin with Mass at St. Peter’s Cathedral at 10 a.m. The 5K race
will take off at 11:30 and the parade will start winding through the downtown 15
minutes later.
This year’s parade route will continue down Wyoming Avenue to Lackawanna Avenue,
turn left on
Lackawanna
and head up to Jefferson Avenue, where it will cut over to Spruce Street in
front of the Radisson at Lackawanna Station hotel. The parade will move down
Spruce, turning right on North Washington Avenue, passing the reviewing stand in
front of the Lackawanna County Courthouse.
Details on the parade and how to become a corporate or divisional sponsor are
available by visiting www.StPatParade. com.
 The
Saint Patrick's Day parade in Scranton boasts 5,000 participants, including
floats, bagpipe players, high school bands, minstrels, and Irish groups. It has
been going on annually since 1862 by the St. Patrick's Day Parade Association of
Lackawanna County and the parade has gotten attention nationally as being one of
the better St. Patrick's Day parades. The parade route begins on Wyoming Ave.
and loops up to Penn Ave. and then Lackawanna Ave. before going back down over
Jefferson Ave. to get to Washington Ave.
It
has been going on annually since 1862 by the St. Patrick's Day Parade
Association of Lackawanna County and the parade has gotten attention nationally
as being one of the better St. Patrick's Day parades. The parade route begins on
Wyoming Ave. and loops up to Penn Ave. and then Lackawanna Ave. before going
back down over Jefferson Ave. to get to Washington Ave. Scranton hosts the fourth
largest St. Patrick's Day Parade in the United States. In 2003, more than
100,000 people lined the parade route throughout the downtown.
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
PARADE ASSOCIATION
OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY, INCORPORATED
POST OFFICE BOX 374
SCRANTON, PA 18501-0374
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