2018 • St. Patrick's Day Parade • Delray Beach FL • Atlantic Avenue • 50th Annual • March 17, 2018, 12pm to 7pm

The Delray Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade is the 50th Annual hometown tradition that began in 1968 with an Irish local pub owner by the name of Maury Power, who took a stroll down Atlantic Avenue with his Shillelagh and a green pig and declared it “My Own Parade.” The parade is run by Code 3 Events, Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Code 3 Events, Inc. has over 30 other nonprofit groups and organizations showcased in the parade. The parade highlights Delray Beach’s local nonprofits; businesses, schools, civic organizations, veterans; Emergency Service personnel including police officers, firefighters, and EMS from all across the United States, and as far away as Belgium, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, and France. The citizens of Delray Beach continue to enjoy and support their St Patrick’s Day Parade in bringing a sense of community unity and presenting a positive role model image for children. The uniformed multi-national Emergency Service ambassadors are blended in with the rest of society. The event has evolved and grown over the years to become Florida’s premier hometown parade! (These 20 images are PLACE-HOLDERS for this web-page, borrowed from Parades of 2009 through 2017 • ALL of the 2018 Parade images captured on Saturday from Noon to 4pm, this years images are displayed below).

The First image below is a HIGH Definition Video Clip • Simply Tap or Click onto the center of the image to Start the Video • Starting may require 2-clicks, or 2-Taps on a tablet • be patient as there is a download time, depending on your internet connection-speed. JimW