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St. Patrick's Day is March 17th, each year. The first Irish celebrations that took
place in St. Patrick's honor on the date of his death were noisy affairs in Ireland!
The Irish who immigrated to America took the celebration with them....they were not
going to forget to remember their Saint Patrick in March! St. Patrick's Day has been
celebrated in North America since 1737.
It all began when some of the Irish in Boston took to the streets to celebrate the
formation of an Irish Charitable Society.... they can now lay claim to being the
first parade! Today St. Patrick's Day boasts of the largest number of ethnic celebrations
in North America! New Orleans remembers him with just 2 of the now 122 parades for
Ireland's national hero.The biggest parade, held in New York, originated in 1762
when a group of Irish-born militia on their way to a breakfast celebrating St. Patrick's
Day staged an impromptu march through the streets of Colonial New York with their
regimental band. They've been marching ever since!
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