Overview
The 67th Allentown St. Patrick's Parade...stepping off at 1:30 p.m., the Parade will feature Pipe Bands and over 2,000 marchers from organizations, schools, companies and community groups throughout the greater Lehigh Valley Area.
The parade will form at the Fairgrounds track near the Liberty and 19th Streets gate. The parade will proceed west on Liberty, turn north on 19th Street, west on Tilghman St. to 25th St. Then south on 25th St. back to Liberty St. Then east on Liberty and disband back at the Fairgrounds 19th St. gate.
Fun Fact
The first known St. Patrick's Parade was held in Allentown in the late 1860s. Almost a century later, in 1955, what the modern day Allentown St. Patrick's Day Parade was organized by business and political leaders through the St. Patrick's Day Observance Society. The Parade ran from 12th and Hamilton Streets to the Immaculate Conception Church on Ridge Avenue.