By Dee Longfellow
For The Elmhurst Independent
The mayor whispered the news late last week — he had heard from the governor’s “people” and it was official — Gov. Bruce Rauner is returning to the Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, Mar. 5.
It’s time for the wearin’ o’ the green as Spring Road plays host to the 20th Annual Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade this Saturday, stepping off at 12 noon. This year’s Grand Marshal is Elmhurst College. (See story and photos in the next issue.)
The parade, which steps off promptly at 12 noon, will be brimming with Irish tradition as leprechauns and bagpipers, clowns and jugglers, floats and convertibles, Scout troops and baseball teams, marching bands and community groups, march up Spring Road, beginning at the intersection at Spring and Wilson, all the way north to the railroad tracks. And, with the Primary Election coming up Tuesdaty, March 15, there will be candidates for elected office marching as well.
Inside this issue, the Independent brings you a special section with all the details about the parade, including a list of many other things that were happening in the world 20 years ago in 1996, when the St. Patrick’s Day Parade first began.
Enjoy the day and dress for the weather — whatever it might be!
