GRAND MARSHAL = BARRY FRIEDMAN
Theme = “Irish Pubs & Folklore”
GRAND MARSHAL = THE RYAN FAMILY
Parade was moved from March 12th to March 19th. This was done due to the weather
being predicted to be 25 degrees, with possible wind chill factor of 9 degrees.
The Parade Committee was able to Donate $2000 to this charity and $300 to each High School Marching Band that participated!
Parade was not held due to the COVID 19 pandemic was still active
and public health rules were not allowing large gatherings yet.
Theme: Irish Eyes Are Smiling Downtown
Parade was cancelled as the Parade Day, March 14,2020.
marked the 1st day of the city’s lock down due to Coronavirus Pandemic
Grand Marshal: Share the Spirit Foundation
Theme: Share the Irish Spirit
Grand Marshal: Public Work Department, Springfield IL
Theme: ShamRock ‘n Roll
Grand Marshal: Contact Ministries
Theme: Irish Hearts of Gold
Float Contest Winners: Funshop (1st), Springfield Ski Club (2nd), Christ the King School (3rd), The Ryan Clan (4th), Crows Mill Pub (Honorable Mention)
Charitable Contribution: $7,500 to Contact Ministries
Grand Marshal: The Langfelder Family
Theme: Family is Thee Pot O’ Gold
Charitable Contribution: $5,000
Grand Marshal: Coach Ken Leonard and the State Champion 2014 Sacred Heart – Griffin Cyclones Football Team
Theme: Irish Hearts in the Capital City
Float Contest Winners: Brennan-Conway Clan (1st), SOHO (2nd), Sham-Rockin’ Ryans (3rd)
Charitable Contribution: $5,000 to the Philip Pearson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Grand Marshal: James Clancy Sr and the Inter-Veteran’s Burial Detail of Sangamon County
Theme: Rock the Blarney
Charitable Contribution: $5,000 to the Inter-Veteran’s Burial Detail of Sangamon County
Grand Marshal: Jim McDonough, Previous Parade President, UCP and Saint Patrick’s School Volunteer.
Theme: The Music of Ireland, Then and Now
Grand Marshal: St. Andrew’s Society of Central Illinois
Theme: Celebrating our Ancient Families Wearing the Green
Grand Marshal: The IHSA Class 4A Football Champions, Rochester Rockets
Theme: Carrying on a Family Tradition
Grand Marshal: St . Patrick’s Catholic Grammar School for serving the Springfield eastside community for over 100 years
Grand Marshal: Butch Elzea, community activist best known for his work on Edwin Watts Southwind Park
Grand Marshal: Four previous St. Pat’s parade presidents: Ray Cachares, Pat O’Grady, John Reid and Tim Strutz
Grand Marshal: Marge and Homer Simpson, portrayed by Fox TV’s Rachael Atchison and WQLZ’s Matt Mottershaw
Grand Marshal: Randy Duncan, an Abe Lincoln personality from Carlinville and Springfield city workers, in honor of their service in the aftermath of the tornadoes
Grand Marshal: The soldiers and families of the 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment and 232nd Corps Support Battalion
Grand Marshal: Chatham Glenwood High School soccer team
Grand Marshal: American Legion posts 32 and 809
Grand Marshal: Two local pairs figure-skaters – Jennifer Fortin, 12, of Springfield and Alex Baird, 14, of Sherman
Grand Marshal: A contingent of World War II veterans, escorted by six marching honor guard units, the 144th Army National Guard band, WWII re-enactor Jim Gray’s Army Jeep and the Elks Lodge’s giant American glad lead the parade
Grand Marshal: Jim O’Toole, founding president of Springfield’s St. Patrick’s Day Marching Band Parade
Grand Marshal: Celebrating the theme of “Irish Moms and Dads,” the grand marshals were Ed Grady and Norene O’Brien Davlin
Grand Marshal: Two units of Army National Guard soldiers, 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment and the 106th Aviation Regiment, recently returned from service in Eastern Europe
Grand Marshal: Melissa “Missy” Rogers, student at Lutheran High School and a member of the Justin Highland Dancers
Grand Marshal: Dermot O’Callaghan, city council member and business leader of Springfield sister city Killarney, Ireland
Grand Marshal: Jean Driscoll, winner, women’s wheelchair course record holder and world record holder of the Boston Marathon from 1990-1994
Grand Marshal: Three-time national champion Sangamon State Prairie Stars soccer team and their coach, Aydin Gonulsen
No parade
Grand Marshal: Maureen Mary Kannady, Special Olympics competitor
Grand Marshal: George Behl, decorated World War II veteran involved in veteran education
Grand Marshal: Architect Paul O’Shea
Grand Marshal: Sangamon County State’s Attorney Don Cadagin
Grand Marshal: Springfield realty broker Patrick Grady. Mike Eruzione, captain of the U.S. Olympic gold-meal winning men’s hockey team, served as celebrity grand marshal.
Grand Marshal: Donna Conway Miller, member of St. Patrick’s Parish for more than a half-century
Grand Marshal: Illinois Presbyterian Home administrator Thomas O’Fallon, great-grandmother Margaret “peg” Sullivan Kelly and Donna Mulcahy Fitts, a secretary of state administrator
Grand Marshal: William “Pinky” McHenry, who was instrumental in the revitalization of St. John’s Breadline and Friends of Brother James Court
* The 1994 parade was initially considered the 9th Annual Parade after the cancellation in 1993 due to unforeseen circumstances. After much deliberation, this was corrected to the 10th Annual Parade in 2013. All parades after 1994 have been corrected as well.