The Trenton St. Patrick's Day Parade, started in 1985 in Trenton, NJ, is held the Saturday before St. Patrick's Day.
The Parade begins with opening cermonies on the steps of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church on Olden Avenue. The Parade then marches down Olden Avenue turning left onto Hamilton Avenue. Then going down Hamilton Avenue, the main route of the Parade, participants pass the Reviewing Stand at Columbus Park. The Parade then turns left onto Chestnut Avenue and finally ends at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church.
The Trenton St. Patrick's Day Parade annually features in excess of 120 Marching Units and Floats and draws well over 60,000 spectators.