St. Patrick's day parade on March 18,1878

(Union Square NYC 1874) 
 

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER MARCH 11, 1878 (Monday)

The chief marshal of the St. Patrick's day parade on March 18,1878, presented the following route, which was adopted: Form on Broad street, facing east, right resting on Fairmount avenue; countermarch to Jefferson, down Jefferson to Second, down Second to Girard avenue, up Girard avenue to Fifth, down Fifth to Brown, down Brown to Fourth, down Fourth to Chestnut, up Chestnut to Broad, down Broad to Christian, up Christian to Twentieth, up Twentieth to Arch, down Arch to Eighteenth, up Eighteenth to 8pring Garden, up Spring Garden to Broad and there dismiss. The line will move at half-past ten A. M.