In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we dug into the Montana Standard archives for these photos of past St. Patrick's Day festivities in Butte.
1972
The 1972 St. Patrick's Day parade in Uptown Butte is shown in this file photo.
1972
Two youngsters participate in the 1972 St. Patrick's Day parade.
1972
A woman waves a U.S. flag during the St. Patrick's Day parade in 1972.
1973
A group of dancers help celebrate the 1973 St. Patrick's Day parade in Uptown Butte.
1973
A parade entry entertains the crowd at the 1973 St. Patrick's Day parade in Uptown Butte.
1973
High school band members march in the 1973 St. Patrick's Day parade in Uptown Butte.
1973
A Butte Uptown Association float entertains the crowd at the 1973 St. Patrick's Day parade in Butte.
1973
A truck decked out in festive shamrocks makes its way down the 1973 St. Patrick's Day parade route in Uptown Butte.
1986
St. Patrick's Day parade on Park Street in 1986.
2001
The Budweiser Clydesdales march pass the old Miners Union building next to the courthouse on Granite St. at the 2001 St. Patrick's Day parade.
2001
Olivia Hogan, left, and Haley Beaudry, both 13, dance a jig as the Edmonton Police Pipes and Drums pass during the St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2001.
2001
Anaconda Job Corps members march in Butte during the 2001 St. Patrick's Day parade.
2002
The Anaconda AOH Pipes & Drums plays its way through the crowd at the M&M Cigar Store in 2002 after the St. Patrick's Day Parade.
2002
Susan Galbreth and Maggie O'Nagle, of Kalispell, await the beginning of Butte's St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2002.
2002
The Deluxe Bar and Grill entry parades through the St. Patrick's Day crowd in 2002.
2002
St. Patrick's Day party goers share a laugh while waiting in a food line after the parade in 2002.
2002
Stewart Mine headframe sports a a lit shamrock to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in 2002.
2002
Terry O'Riordan plays the part of St. Patrick for the 2002 parade. O'Riordan, from County Cork, teaches Gaelic in Butte through the Montana Gaelic Cultural Society.
2002
A group of St. Patrick's Day revelers starts off the chilly morning with a toast before the parade outside the M&M Cigar Store in 2002.
2002
St. Patrick's Day celebrants wave to parade entries in 2002.
2003
The Edmonton Police Service Pipe and Drum group is featured here on March 17, 2003.
2003
St. Patrick's Day birthday boy, Pepper Petersen, of Philipsburg, dances a jig to the tunes of Dublin Gulch at the Silver Dollar Saloon in 2003.
2003
All decked out in green, Craig McCollim watches the St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2003.
2003
Brandon Forson, 10, of Deer Lodge, kisses the Blarney Stone in the home stretch of the kids' race of the Blarney Stone Fun Run Sunday afternoon in Uptown Butte in this 2003 file photo.
2003
St. Patrick's Day celebrants watch the Edmonton Police Service Pipes and Drums as they parade in Uptown Butte in 2003.
2004
A colorful John Wulf jumps the gun a little to lead off the annual Duggan Dolan Blarney Stone Fun Run at the Knights of Columbus in 2004.
2005
Molly, 3, and Bill O'Connell take in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Uptown Butte in 2005.
2005
The crew from the Deluxe Bar and Grill float make a pit stop at the M&M Cigar Store after the St. Patrick's Day parade in 2005.
2005
St. Patrick's Day partiers dance to music performed by Dublin Gulch at the Silver Dollar Saloon in 2005.
2005
Shelby South, 3, takes in the St. Patrick's Day parade decked out in her green from Thunderbolt Harley-Davidson in 2005.
2005
Bass drummer Terry Dunfee keeps the beat with fellow drummers (far right) Brian Harrington and Ed McCarthy, Jr. as the band crosses Broadway to their next playing engagement at the Acoma during St. Patrick's Day festivities in 2005.
2005
Edmonton Police Service Pipe and Drum Corps at the Plaza Mall in 2005.
2006
Fifteen-month-old Kaidee Maloughney plays with her hat during a St. Patrick's Day party in 2006.
2006
One of the cheerleaders of the Snohomish, Washington American Legion Post #96 Sauerkraut Band leads an irish cheer during the parade in 2006.
2006
Cathy Tutty, left, tops off irish coffees with whipped cream as Kelly Amtmann anxiously watches during a St. Patrick's Day party on Park Street in 2006.
2006
Butte High Marching Band plays in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Uptown Butte in 2006.
2007
Three-year-old Christopher Sanchez dances with his Aunt Jessica Dill during the St. Patrick's Day parade in Uptown Butte in 2007.
2007
Vince Downing, left, and Buddy Mergenthaler smile before the start of the annual St. Patrick's day parade in Uptown Butte in 2007.
2007
The Deluxe Bar "Hula Girls" entertain parade revelers during the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Uptown Butte in 2007.
2007
Butte native Michael McNamee III plays the mandolin on Main Street during the St. Patrick's Day festivities in Uptown Butte in 2007. "I'm just having a good time," he said.
2016
In this 2016 file photo, the Anaconda AOH Pipe and Drum Band brings cheers from the crowd as they march in Butte’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
2016
Members of the Great Scots Pipes & Drums perform at St. Patrick’s Day in Butte in this 2016 file photo.
2017
Warm weather brought out thousands of people for the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in 2017.
2017
Thousands of balloons were released as Uptown St. Urho, Tommi Haikka and Queen St. Urho, Cydnie Perkio were crowned and raised in a man lift above a cheering crowd of over 100 revelers at the corner of Park and Main Streets in 2017.
2017
Father Patrick Beretta danced with his mastiff in the 2017 St. Patrick's Day parade in Butte.
2017
Butte resident Brian LaDue finds green skin is the perfect added touch to his 2017 St. Patrick's Day outfit, which includes beads he got from celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The beads came from the Cleopatra float created by Krewe of Cleopatra.
2017
U.S. Senator Jon Tester, waves at the crowd while driving a big green John Deere tractor in Butte's St. Patrick's Day parade on March 17, 2017.
2017
A pair of revelers wears complementary shirts and gag pants during the 2017 St. Patrick's Day festivities in Butte.
2017
The Edmonton Police Service Pipes and Drums made a return trip to Butte for the St. Patrick's Day parade in 2017.
2017
The Tiernan Irish Dancers perform a Handing Down the Heritage warm-up on the Butte St. Patrick's Day parade route in 2017.
2018
Butte resident Kristi Scott, left, and Harrison resident Ferna Geer smile as they walk up Main Street in Uptown Butte on St. Patrick's Day in 2018. The two say they made a lot of new friends Saturday because of their festive hats.
2018
A hurling team keeps the ball going during Butte's St. Patrick's Day parade in 2018.
2018
Butte musician Sonya Battermann serenades party-goers at Butte's St. Patrick's Day 2018 celebration with her smokey, buttery voice.
2018
From left, Wade Bush; Michael Bush, 6; Natalie Bush, 14; and Dory Shea pose for a picture on St. Patrick's Day in Uptown Butte in 2018 with 13-year-old Eleanora Gillia, who decided to commemorate the holiday by dressing up as a dinosaur.
2018
People from Butte and elsewhere gather in front of the county courthouse on West Granite Street in anticipation of the St. Patrick's Day parade in 2018.
Parade float
A float entertains the crowd at the St. Patrick's Day parade in Uptown Butte in this undated file photo.
