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Dave Buresh, The Denver Post
Clansy Sheehy was part of the 1989 St. Patrick's Day Parade he said he would tell folks that the real pot of gold is here in your heart.
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Dave Buresh, The Denver Post
Kids lined the route of the St. Patrick's Day Parade In downtown Denver in 1972. They vied for free balloons and candy thrown by parade participants.
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Bill Peters, The Denver Post
Spectators line Broadway to watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade in 1973. Members of Northglenn Jaycee's Youth and Motorcycle Club, clad in green and wearing leprechaun ears, pass by.
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Dave Buresh, The Denver Post
Mayor Frederico Pena taking the cover off the Tooley St sign in 1989. Wazee St was then Toole St. at least for the next few days on the right is Rocky the Leprechaun.
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Eric Bakke, The Denver Post
Mayor Bill McNichols has fun with mayoral candidates from left Wellington Webb, Monte Pascoe and Dale Tooley, right during he start of St. Patricks Day festivities on Larimer Square in 1983. All the candidates attended the pub crawl and participated in the incumbent sing along which featured My Wild Irish Rose.
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Anthony Suau, The Denver Post
St. Patrick's Day Parade, 1983.
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eff Wilkins, The Denver Post
Michael Fitz Maurice, of Denver, worked at having a special St. Patricks Day in 1983. His itinerary included renting a white Rolls Royce with chauffeur, a regular round of bar-hopping and an occasional good luck kiss from young lasses. Here Fitz Maurice gets a peck on the lips from an admirer as he leaves Marlowes, at 16th and Glenarm.
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Anthony Suau, The Denver Post
St. Patrick's Day Parade, 1983.
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Jack Riddle, The Denver Post
Riding with the Lakewood Westernaires, Cindy McClosky spins a skillful hula hoop atop her parade mount in 1969.
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Dennis Chamberlin, The Denver Post
The Denver Pipe Band performed on Larimer Square Saturday afternoon and drew a few salutes from party-goers on the street in 1985.
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Leila E. Stanley, The Denver Post
Saint Patrick's Day in Denver, 1987.
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Duane Howell, The Denver Post
It's St. Patrick himself, all decked out in green and white and riding on a Denver parade float in 1968. Dick Heble portrayed St. Patrick.
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Anthony Suau, The Denver Post
Saint Patrick's Day in Denver, 1983.
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Lyn Alweis, The Denver Post
St. Patrick's Day Parade as the Budweiser clydesdales go by in 1982.
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Dave Buresh, The Denver Post
St Patrick's Day Parade in Denver, 1984.
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Ernie Leyba, The Denver Post
Sandy Purl does a little jig outside Duffy's Shamrock Restaurant and Bar at 1635 Court Place, surrounded by interested and admiring bystanders in 1979. Eager celebrants formed long lines outside the establishment during the afternoon as they waited to get in so they could slake that Irish thirst.
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Bill Wunsh, The Denver Post
Marie Rufolo, 5, covers her ears as members of Denver Muzzle Loading Gun Club fired a salute in 1974.
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Bill Peters, The Denver Post
The Pride of The Valley Marching Band struts down Denver's 15th St. as honor band in the St. Patrick's Day Parade, 1970.
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Jack Riddle, The Denver Post
Mrs. Rex V. Owen of Northglenn, ties a green top hat on her daughter, Jill, 5, whose brother, Barry, 3, already has his and is set to watch parade in 1968.
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Jack Riddle, The Denver Post
No one seemed to care if she was Irish or not, but this WAF attracted a lot of attention as she rode the jet model for Lowry Air Force Base in the 1969 St. Patrick's Day Parade.
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Jack Riddle, The Denver Post
'Timber Jack Joe' Is the handle of this fur-clad rider accompanied by his "pack dog." He is one of the "Mountain Men" from Lander, Wyoming in the 1969 St. Patrick's Day Parade. Jack Riddle,The Denver Post
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Duane Howell, The Denver Post
Miss Vicki Hissong, 23, Queen of the Emerald Isle, rides in her official car near the front of Denver's St. Patrick's Day Parade on 15th St. near California. Riding on the hood is Keith Buhr who identified himself only as "one of the wee people-a leprechaun." There were more then 1,000 participants to in march in 1968.
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Dave Buresh, The Denver Post
Marc Smith, 2, munches a burger and watches the St. Patrick's Day Parade in 1979.
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Bill Wunsh, The Denver Post
Parade Queen Colleen, Miss Kathlen A.- McGuire, had a prominent place at Ôthe head of Denver's 12th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in 1974 which drew an estimated turnout of 50,000 spectators. Miss McGuire, a United Air Lines Stewardess, was selected from a group of 12 girls sponsored by civic and business groups. The bulb float of KRMA, Channel 6, Denver's educational television station, was one of more than 30 gaily decorated floats in the parade. Bill Wunsch, The Denver Post
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Bill Wunsh, The Denver Post
A Leprechaun Shouts to crowd from his front - door seat. He rode on an English two - decker bus through the St. Patrick's Day Parade in 1975.
A selection of St. Patrick’s Day photos over the years by The Denver Post.
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