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The 1915 St.Patrick's Day parade at the Douglas Ave.corner of Main Street, in front of the Union National Bank (northwest corner of Main). The engineering students at Iowa State College paraded each St. Patrick's Day, down to Main Street via either the cinder path or Lincoln Way. St. Patrick is the patron saint of engineers. These parades were finally halted after the establishment of VEISHEA and the VEISHEA parade in 1922. (See also: 152.839.1)