Marchers welcome in St. Patrick’s Day parade
By Tim Hadac
Southwest Side organizations are welcome to march in the community’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, set for Saturday, March 12.
It is anticipated that local schools, churches, Scout troops, youth athletic associations and others will have units in the parade. Units will have to register in advance with parade organizers. For details, contact Ed Maher at Archerparade@gmail.com.
Parade staging will be at Byrne School, 54th and Oak Park. Step-off is set for noon at Archer and Oak Park, with parade units heading east up Archer to Narragansett, where the parade will turn south and disband at the west parking lot of Kennedy High School.
The parade is an annual effort of the Clear-Ridge Men’s Social Athletic Club (SAC) and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150.
The parade on Archer is set to occur a day before the annual South Side Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade, in the Beverly and Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far Southwest Side.
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