First St. Paddy's (See? See!) Day Parade was held in America.
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
March 14, 2016 4:12am CST
Reading an article on history.com about St. Patrick's Day. The first Official St. Paddy's Day Parade was held in New York City in the year 1762. An increase of Irish Settlers came around that time (If I am not mistaken one of my Irish Ancestors arrived on the shores of Pennyslvania in 1770.)
There is not much more to be said about the article. I found it here :
You can read about where St. Patrick Hails and why he is a Saint Today.
Unfortunately, the holiday has been heavily Americanized and commercialized. We aren't really taught that much about it, even in schools here.
In New York City, the first parade honoring the Catholic feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is held by Irish soldiers serving in the British army.
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@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
14 Mar 16
Thank you for sharing this. We do not celebrate St. Patrick Day here, but I'd really love to find out more about this day, and tell the stories to my children. I agree that many festivals actually hold good values, but most of them have been commercialized. It's so nice to read the origin of it, and tell to the children.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Mar 16
Yes it's good to learn the histories and practiices of other countries, not only your own. I think it helps us to be more tolerant of one another and understanding.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Mar 16
Locally? Yeah I don't think we really do anything special either. There are Irish style pubs strewn about and they probably do something, but I imagine any parade today would be far removed from the actual celebration that a parade would have in the early days of this country.
@JESSY3236 (22244)
• United States
14 Mar 16
That's cool. I didn't know that either. I'm not Irish, but I like St. Patrick's Day.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Mar 16
Now that I know I am Irish, albeit far removed, I will appreciate the Holiday more. This year I won't really be able to do much, I might try a recipe I saw, I can't remember it's name though.
I intend to set some money aside (or use my profit sharing check) and do an ancestraldna test to find out more about the percentages of each ancestral strand I come from. I know that I am bound to have a bit more Irish then average as my maternal grandmother has ancestry from Ireland as well.
