On This Date in Minnesota History: March 17

March 17, 1967 – The first St. Patrick’s Day parade in 50 years was held in St. Paul on this date. Marchers were signaled onward by the firing of three bombs at the stroke of 12 noon.

Leading the procession was a “son of the auld sod,” Mayor Thomas Byrne, who carried a shillelagh to “keep order in the parade.” The Mayor said it was a day St. Paul had needed, and that he hoped the parade would become an annual event.

St. Paul Pioneer Press; “City Shows True Colors”; March 18, 1967; p. 13.

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