1990 Parade vehicles lined up on East Lakeshore
Drive by the golf course. For the second year
in a row, parade was held up when Kansas
City Southern Railroad train intersected the
lineup. Krewe line-up needs to change.
Irish Grand Marshals
Mark Kelly (2001) and
Father Mike Moroney (2019) 2008 Crowd favorite, LSU
*Zee Zee’s is currently The Overpass Merchant
1986 SATURDAY, MARCH 13 First Wearin’ of the Green,
St. Patrick’s Day Parade rolls.
Parade route: Perkins Road starting at City-Brooks
Park Golf Course down to Zee Zee Gardens Pub*
Length of route: 7/10 mile
Who participated: This was a walking parade with
a few antique cars, twirlers, and scouts in
addition to those friends who joined
the Irish Club.
1991 The year the Parade Route
changed! Starts at Hundred
Oaks at South Acadian Thruway
1993 Frigid cold parade year.
Snowed lightly the night
before the parade!
1994 Final year of annual street
party at the foot of the
Overpass on Perkins Road. 1995 Friends of the Parade, orchestrated
by Donna and Rene Esnard, rallied
to keep parade in Hundred
Oaks neighborhood.
1996 First and last Founder’s Day Festival
event but crowds failed to follow.
2001 First Grand Marshal
born in Ireland leads
parade, Mark Kelly.
In Ireland, St. Patrick’s
Day festivities are
cancelled due to a
livestock feared footand
mouth epidemic.
quarterback MVP Matt Flynn
was Grand Marshal; Steve
Trotter, thrillseeker who is the
youngest person to ever have
gone over Niagara Falls in a
barrel was a special guest.
2020 | Wearin’ of the Green 49