Monday, March 17 is St. Patrick's Day, celebrating all things Irish in the U.S. and around the world. But it wasn't always a ...

America’s first St. Patrick’s Day celebration was in 1600 in the Spanish colony of present-day St. Augustine, Florida. Spanish colonial records mentioned a celebration for Saint Patrick in 1600 and ...

If it’s March, and it’s green, it must be St. Patrick’s Day. The day honoring the patron saint of Ireland is a global ...

"Irish people made a point of welcoming non-Irish people to St. Patrick's Day," McMahon explained. Even George Washington, an Anglican Christian, was a member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick ...

St. Patrick’s Day is widely celebrated around the world, but its significance and recognition vary across countries. Find out ...

NEW YORK — If it’s March, and it’s green, it must be St. Patrick’s Day ... that the day became the celebration it is, from its roots as a more solemn day with a religious observance ...

Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP Initially, St. Patrick's Day was a solemn religious observance in Ireland, featuring church services and feasts in his honor. However, as Irish immigrants ...

NEW YORK -- If it's March, and it's green, it must be St. Patrick's Day ... that the day became the celebration it is, from its roots as a more solemn day with a religious observance in Ireland.

St. Patrick's Day was marked with a celebratory Mass at St. Patrick Church in Washington, D.C., on March 17, drawing ...