A father and son team from Cavan Construction in Aston is recreating a Cavan Society float for Sunday’s 250th St. Patrick’s Day parade in Philadelphia that never saw the light of day in 2020 because of the pandemic.

The Cavan Society started back in 1907. The organization has had a float in the parade for more than two decades, writes Chandler Lutz for CBS 3.

Cavan Society members all come from the same place.

 “It’s been a group that’s been around years and years and it was of all the people the immigrated to America from the County Cavan in Ireland and they formed a fraternal organization,” Smith said.

It’s an annual project for Cavan Construction, a company started in the 1960s by Tom Smith’s father and uncles.

The Smiths are replicating a Philadelphia trolley as they honor longtime Cavan group members.

The original trolley float was torn down in 2020 when the parade was canceled.

“It was done, ready to go in the parade that weekend,” Tom Smith said. “We tore it down and threw it in the trash can.”

 This year’s float is being built from memory and a few photos, Sean Smith said.

Read more at CBS 3 about this St. Patrick’s Day Parade float.