St. Patrick's Day
About this event
St. Patrick's Day on March 17 is a global cultural and religious celebration of Ireland's patron saint, celebrated worldwide with grand street parades, Celtic music, and Irish food.
Interesting facts about St. Patrick's Day
The City of Chicago has dyed the Chicago River bright emerald green every St. Patrick's Day since 1962.
Saint Patrick was originally associated with the color sky blue; green became standard during the Irish independence movement.
Tradition says Saint Patrick used the three-leaf shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity to the Irish people.
The earliest recorded St. Patrick's Day parade took place in St. Augustine, Florida, in the year 1601.
Your odds of naturally finding a four-leaf clover in a field are roughly 1 in 10,000.
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