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St. Patrick’s Day is a global celebration of Irish culture that takes place annually on March 17, the anniversary of the patron saint of Ireland's death in the fifth century. The holiday has Saint Patrick’s Day, feast day (March 17) of St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. People of that country celebrate the day with religious services and feasts, but Saint Patrick’s Day has transformed into a largely secular holiday of revelry in other parts of the world. Millions of people around the world celebrate St Patrick's Day on 17 March every year. It is a celebration of Irish history and culture, and is a national holiday in the Republic of Ireland and New York's St. Patrick's Day parade is actually known as the world’s oldest and largest parade. According to History.com, it was started by in the 1760s by a group of Irishmen serving in the British army in New York City. Chicago's tradition of dyeing part of the Chicago River green has also become a popular St. Patrick's Day attraction. An Irish population in this cluster of Midwestern cities hosts an St. Patrick's Day parade. It is "the only bi-state St. Patrick's Day Parade in the USA", according to the St. Patrick's Day Society of the Quad Cities, [110] crossing the Centennial Bridge from Rock Island, Illinois into Davenport, Iowa. Being so close to Chicago, this parade On March 17, we’ll don our green shirts and shamrock socks to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The holiday has been celebrated in some form for centuries. It started as a casual recognition of St. Patrick’s death around the fifth century then became an official feast day in the Catholic Church in the 17th century, according to Time. Happy St. Patrick's Day Quotes and Messages; Because St. Patrick’s Day falls during Lent, it became a day for Christians to take a break from the abstinence practiced during the weeks leading up to Easter. By the 1700s, the holiday had started to take a decidedly more festive turn than its founders had intended. The correct abbreviation for Saint Patrick's Day is "St. Paddy's Day," not "St. Patty's Day." The first St. Patrick's Day parade in the United States took place in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1601 St. Patrick’s Day, the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, falls on March 17 every year. The day commemorates St. Patrick, who is believed to have died on March 17 around 460 A.D St Patrick’s Day around the world. St Patrick’s Day is widely recognised throughout the United States as a celebration of Irish and Irish-American culture. The biggest St Patrick’s Day parade in the world is in New York City. Elsewhere in the States, the Chicago River is dyed green with an eco-friendly powder, an event that dates back to Death of Saint Patrick: 17 March 461Feast day first celebrated in Ireland: 9th/10th centuryHoly Day of obligation (Ireland): early 1600sPublic Holiday in Ireland: 1903First US St. Patrick's Day On March 17, Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City streams its annual, well-attended St. Patrick's Day Mass each year. Advertisement In Ireland, March 17 is a national holiday, with schools St. Patrick’s Day each year celebrates everything Irish in America. Yet the day was not significant in the Ireland that immigrants left in the 1800s, and the Irish were once despised in their new country, says historian James Barrett, who specializes in U.S. urban, labor and ethnic history, with a focus on Chicago. St. Patrick's day is not an official US holiday but a holiday which goes back to 1782 when Irish soldiers held a parade in New York City giving themselves comfort while away from home. The parade A flyer posted around Dublin commanded the reader to “observe the National Holiday as an Irishman should.” Read more: American St. Patrick’s Day traditions that aren't Irish at all That same When Irish immigrants arrived in the U.S. during the 19th century, especially in the years after the Great Famine, St. Patrick’s Day parades became a way of expressing their cultural pride and solidarity. Ireland, however, didn’t hold its first official St. Patrick’s Day parade until 1903, when the day became a public holiday. Speaking of drinking on St. Patrick’s Day From 1903 to 1969, pubs were closed on March 17 for what was considered a religious holiday. But that changed in 1970 when the day became a national holiday, giving the Irish a chance to belly up to the bar for a St. Patrick’s Day toast. The organisation began organising St Patrick’s Day parades and campaigned for March 17th to be designated as a national holiday. In 1903 the organisation succeeded. The St. Patrick's Day celebrations we recognize today are actually a product of Irish immigrants in America. Parades sprung up in major U.S. cities in the 1700s, including Boston and New York City. The way the Irish national holiday is celebrated has changed a lot over the years. St. Patrick's Day is a time to recognize and appreciate our identity and Irish history, not just in Ireland but
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