St. Patrick’s Day
How does America celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? After some research on how we really celebrate
this day I found some pretty cool news! According to the timeanddate website, it states that
St. Patrick’s Day is a non-federal holiday to the USA so schools, businesses and organizations are
open as usual. Large street parades mark St Patrick's Day in places like: Boston, New York, Seattle,
and many more throughout America. What is the history of St. Patrick’s Day? I never really knew
the real history of St. Patrick’s Day, and I’ve always wondered what it was. Have you? From the
GPD Media website, it says, that this non-federal holiday was basically started by a man who
was born in Roman Britain. He was kidnapped into slavery and brought to Ireland. Patrick's birth
name was Maewyn. When the Irish emigrated to the U.S., they created the bigger celebrations and
parades known today. Eighteenth century Irish soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War
held the first St. Patrick's Day parades. The celebrations became a way for the Irish to connect with
their roots after they moved to America. Here are fun facts that I found from this website; #1.The shamrock: According to legend St. Patrick used the three leaf clover (or shamrock) to explain the Trinity. #2. Dyeing the river green: The practice of dyeing the river green started in Chicago in 1962, when city officials decided to dye a portion of the Chicago River green. From the timeanddate website is said that the most notable body of water that was dyed green was the Chicago River in 2005. #3. Corn beef and cabbage: This is an Irish American dish. Irish Americans were so poor they could not afford certain meals. On St. Patrick's Day, the best meal they could afford was beef and cabbage. It became a staple for the holiday. Do you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? In my family, we don’t really do much.
Sometimes we’ll wear green just because it’s fun to tease everyone and do the pinching game.
Other than that, there isn’t much that we do to celebrate. :)
this day I found some pretty cool news! According to the timeanddate website, it states that
St. Patrick’s Day is a non-federal holiday to the USA so schools, businesses and organizations are
open as usual. Large street parades mark St Patrick's Day in places like: Boston, New York, Seattle,
and many more throughout America. What is the history of St. Patrick’s Day? I never really knew
the real history of St. Patrick’s Day, and I’ve always wondered what it was. Have you? From the
GPD Media website, it says, that this non-federal holiday was basically started by a man who
was born in Roman Britain. He was kidnapped into slavery and brought to Ireland. Patrick's birth
name was Maewyn. When the Irish emigrated to the U.S., they created the bigger celebrations and
parades known today. Eighteenth century Irish soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War
held the first St. Patrick's Day parades. The celebrations became a way for the Irish to connect with
their roots after they moved to America. Here are fun facts that I found from this website; #1.The shamrock: According to legend St. Patrick used the three leaf clover (or shamrock) to explain the Trinity. #2. Dyeing the river green: The practice of dyeing the river green started in Chicago in 1962, when city officials decided to dye a portion of the Chicago River green. From the timeanddate website is said that the most notable body of water that was dyed green was the Chicago River in 2005. #3. Corn beef and cabbage: This is an Irish American dish. Irish Americans were so poor they could not afford certain meals. On St. Patrick's Day, the best meal they could afford was beef and cabbage. It became a staple for the holiday. Do you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? In my family, we don’t really do much.
Sometimes we’ll wear green just because it’s fun to tease everyone and do the pinching game.
Other than that, there isn’t much that we do to celebrate. :)
I liked your blog post! I liked how you put fun facts in there!
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