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| The Greater New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade | |
| March 15th, 2009 | |
| AWARDS | |
| GRAND MARSHAL'S AWARD | |
| West Haven High School Marching Band | |
| Place | |
| BEST POLICE COLOR/HONOR GUARD | |
| 1st | West Haven Police Honor Guard |
| 2nd | Bridgeport Police Honor Guard |
| BEST VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT. COLOR/HONOR GUARD | |
| 1st | M. P. Rice Hose Co. #2 Branford |
| 2nd | East Haven Volunteer Fire Department |
| BEST MILITARY COLOR/HONOR GUARD | |
| 1st | U.S. Coast Guard Color Guard-Sector Long Island Sound |
| 2nd | USMC Color Guard-Fort Hale |
| BEST OVERALL COLOR/HONOR GUARD | |
| 1st | Yale University Police Honor Guard |
| BEST FIRE DEPARTMENT MARCHING UNIT | |
| 1st | New Haven Fire Department |
| BEST VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT MARCHING UNIT | |
| 1st | Webster Hose-Ansonia |
| 2nd | Orange Volunteer Fire Department |
| BEST SENIOR FIFE & DRUM CORPS | |
| 1st | Stony Creek Fife and Drum Corps |
| 2nd | Mattatuck Drum Band |
| 3rd | Connecticut Blue Fife and Drum |
| BEST JUNIOR FIFE & DRUM CORPS | |
| 1st | Col. John Chester Fife and Drum |
| 2nd | Windsor Fife and Drum |
| 3rd | Deep River Junior Ancients |
| BEST PIPE BAND | |
| 1st | Manchester Regional Police and Fire Pipe Band |
| 2nd | Police Pipes and Drums of Waterbury |
| 3rd | New London Fire Fighters Pipes and Drums |
| BEST DRUM & BUGLE BAND | |
| 1st | Connecticut Hurricanes |
| 2nd | St. Peters Drum Corp |
| 3rd | Connecticut Alumni Senior Drum and Bugle Corp |
| BEST REENACTMENT UNIT | |
| 1st | Sons of the American Revolution |
| 2nd | 2nd Connecticut Volunteers Heavy Artillery Co. |
| BEST IRISH MARCHING UNIT | |
| 1st | New Haven Gaelic Football and Hurling Club |
| 2nd | AOH-Valley Division |
| BEST IRISH DANCE | |
| 1st | Lenihan School of Irish Dance |
| 2nd | Mulkerin School of Irish Dance |
| BEST HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND | |
| 1st | Bristol Eastern High School Band |
| 2nd | Newinton High School Marching Band |
| 3rd | Stafford High School Band |
| BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL MARCHING BAND | |
| 1st | Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School |
| 2nd | King/Robinson Inter-District Magnet School Marching Jaguar Band |
| 3rd | John Martinez School Band |
| BEST YOUTH MARCHING UNIT | |
| 1st | St. Francis School |
| 2nd | St. Brendan School/St. Aedan Grammer Schools |
| BEST YOUTH MILITARY MARCHING UNIT | |
| 1st | US Naval Sea Cadets Edison Division |
| 2nd | New Haven Composite Civil Air Patrol |
| BEST SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT | |
| 1st | 501st Legion of Stormtroopers, NE Garrison |
| 2nd | Milford Irish Heritage Society |
| BEST FLOAT | |
| 1st | New Haven Parks and Recreation Outdoor Adventure Float |
| BEST FIRE/POLICE EMERALD SOCIETY COLOR/HONOR GUARD | |
| 1st | New Haven Police Emerald Society |
| 2nd | New Haven County Firefighters Emerald Society |