Irish Americans celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th. The first celebration was in 1601, in St. Augustine, FL—then a Spanish colony. The town’s vicar was of Irish descent; the occasion was religious, but ubiquitous secular observance of the day–replete with parades and other festivities– didn’t come until more than 100 years later– in Boston and New York City…
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History MattersMarch 15 to March 31, 2020
Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future