BENNINGTON – The annual St. Patrick's Day parade will take place at 1 p.m. Sunday.

The parade will begin on Safford Street, move down Main Street, turn left on Depot Street and end at the Bennington Fire Facility.

Organizer T.J. Carmody said there will be bands, veterans groups and students participating in the parade.

This year's Grand Marshall is John Ahearn, of Bennington, a National Guard veteran who served two terms of duty in Iraq.

Ahearn is the chief financial officer of the Rifenburg Company in Troy, N.Y.