CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Despite temperatures hovering around the freezing mark and winds making it feel even colder, hardy spectators and participants turned out for the St. Patrick’s Parade on Saturday, March 11, 2023, in downtown Cedar Rapids. This year was the second time organizers with SaPaDaPaSo — the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Society — […]
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Photos: St. Patrick’s Day parade returns
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Temperatures that stayed below freezing kept the massive crowds of the past at bay, but sunshine reigned as the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade made its return to downtown Cedar Rapids. Nearly 70 entries rolled through the traditional parade route along Second and Third Avenues SE on Saturday, March 12, 2022, […]
St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns to down
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — After a two-year hiatus, a time-honored tradition is back, as the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns to downtown Cedar Rapids. Known as SaPaDaPaSo, for St. Patrick’s Day Parade Society, the event is set for 1 p.m. Saturday, March 12, 2022, diverging from its longtime tradition of being held March 17, […]
Photos: Nontraditional twist for traditi...
CEDAR RAPIDS — One year ago, the long-running St. Patrick’s Day Parade, a beloved tradition in Cedar Rapids, was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, then in its early days. The parade, which would have marked its 45th year in 2020, attracts thousands of spectators and participants to downtown Cedar Rapids on St. Patrick’s Day, […]