Community members enjoy St. Patrick’s Day Parade

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- On Saturday, March 15, community members came together to celebrate Irish heritage with the 39th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in St. Joseph.

The parade, hosted by the St. Joseph Ancient Order of Hibernians, began at Frederick Ave. and Noyes Blvd. and ended at 8th and Felix Streets.

Russell Gummelt has been involved in the parade before, and he says that it's always been a good experience working with the organizers.

"The Ancient Order of Hibernians that put this thing together, they've always been really kind to me, really good to me and they put on a heck of a parade," Gummelt said.

The event also drew several people out to Downtown bars, and D&G Pub and Grub bartender Kyle Martin shared that it is a great time for business.

"It's nice to see a lot of regulars come in on today and then a lot of faces you haven't seen for maybe a year," Martin said.

Martin said that D&G began preparations for the day about a month ago.

The Grand Marshals of this year's parade were the Supple family.

There were also donation buckets at participating establishments along the parade route in order to benefit Second Harvest Community Food Bank.