Why do we celebrate Irish culture on St. Patrick's Day this Tuesday?
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Tuesday, March 17, is St. Patrick's Day, a time to celebrate all things Irish in the US and worldwide with parades, pub crawls, music fests and more.
For many, St. Patrick's Day, which lands on Tuesday, March 17, is a time to celebrate by attending parades and partaking of food and drink associated with Ireland.
Centuries ago, some Irish feasted and drank, too, but for a more religious purpose. Christians in Ireland during roughly the ninth and 10th centuries began observing a feast day for St. Patrick during Lent, according to History.com. For the holiday, people could drink and dance and skip Lenten prohibitions against eating meat, feasting on Irish bacon and cabbage.
St. Patrick's Day parades, however, were thought to have originated in the United States by Irish emigrants, with the first parade being held in Boston in 1737, according to the Ireland.com site, run by Tourism Ireland. But there are records of a St. Patrick’s Day parade being held as early as 1601 in St. Augustine, Florida, according to History.com. The first parade in Ireland was held in Waterford in 1903, according to Ireland.com.
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These days, cities across the United States hold St. Patrick's Day parades and multiday festivals including parades are held throughout Ireland.
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