{"id":147525,"date":"2026-03-25T01:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T01:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/147525\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T01:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T01:10:14","slug":"welcoming-st-patricks-day-lehigh-valley-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/147525\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming St. Patrick\u2019s Day \u2013 Lehigh Valley Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published March 24. 2026 11:17AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">About 25 city employees and residents gathered at Payrow Plaza on a chilly and windy morning March 13 to recognize upcoming St. Patrick\u2019s Day with an Irish flag raising.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot for us to celebrate here today,\u201d said Mayor J. William Reynolds, who noted business contributions in Bethlehem from those with Irish lineage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Local business owner Neville Gardner, who came to Bethlehem forty-six years ago from Ireland, hoisted the Irish flag to its position. \u201cI\u2019m glad the city acknowledges Celtic heritage,\u201d remarked Gardner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Three members of the Liberty HS Grenadier Band performed the American National Anthem and two of the band\u2019s bagpipers also attended and played a short selection of Celtic tunes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Refreshments were served afterward in the city hall Rotunda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an exciting time to celebrate Irish traditions,\u201d says Mayor J. William Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>Liberty HS Grenadiers Christian Hackett, Alexander Koch and Sadie Sedlock perform \u201cThe Star Spangled Banner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PRESS PHOTOS BY DANA GRUBBBethlehem business owner Neville Gardner raises the Irish flag.<\/p>\n<p>Grenadier bagpipers Brady Carvajal and Liam Schoenaver, both seniors, played two selections during the ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published March 24. 2026 11:17AM About 25 city employees and residents gathered at Payrow Plaza on a chilly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-147525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}