By: Indigo Bowser <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What do we know about Saint Patrick’s Day other than to wear green and that it\u2019s an Irish holiday? Have you ever wondered why we wear green or what the point of the holiday is? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Saint Patrick was an apostle and a patron saint of Ireland. He was born in Roman Britain, but was brought to Ireland at 16 as a slave. After he escaped, he went back and taught Christianity to Ireland\u2019s people. His death was said to be March 17, 461. He became more known after his death. He is most well-known for teaching the Holy Trinity with an Irish clover, also known as the shamrock.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People have been celebrating St. Patrick\u2019s Day since the ninth or tenth century. America was the first place to hold a St. Patrick\u2019s Day parade in 1601. The first parade took place in a Spanish Colony and was organized by Ricardo Artur. Homesick soldiers marched in New York City in 1772 to honor Saint Patrick. In 1848, New York Irish Aid societies formed one official New York City St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One tradition that happens on St. Patrick\u2019s Day is the Chicago River gets dyed green. People around the world celebrate St. Patrick\u2019s Day, with a variety of traditions. For a short period of time pubs were closed on March 17, then opened again to show Irish culture. Leprechauns is another piece of folklore associated with St. Patrick\u2019s Day they are know for being tricksters and protecting their treasure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When asked what they thought of St. Patrick\u2019s Day Asher Vantine<\/strong>, an Allied Health student, said, \u201cIt seems like a cool holiday, but I never really celebrate it.\u201d When Brooke Ashbaugh<\/strong>, a Biomedical Technology student, answered, \u201cI don\u2019t really celebrate it, even though I am Irish.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n St. Patrick\u2019s Day isn\u2019t just a day to celebrate the Irish. It\u2019s a day for the Irish to remember the person, Saint Patrick, who brought Christianity to Ireland. So don\u2019t just celebrate the Irish, but Saint Patrick himself. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By: Indigo Bowser What do we know about Saint Patrick’s Day other than to wear…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2182,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions\/2182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenapetechtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}