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Mar17

St. Patrick’s Day

First St. Patrick’s Day parade

The first recorded parade honoring the Catholic feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is held in what is now St. Augustine, Florida.

A newspaper illustration from March 17, 1860, of a St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City

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