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St. Patrick’s Day Traditions Students and Families Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in a Variety of Ways senior staff- taylor swavey Every year people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by wearing green, sporting shamrocks, and other traditions. It has been a celebrated holiday since the late 18th century. However, many people celebrate without realizing how it originated. During the early 1870’s, a parade took place in Ireland to establish a new Irish Protestant traditions. It was originally instigated by the Irish Protestant organization called The Knights of St. Patrick. The celebration took place at two different venues though. These venues supposedly signified Saint Patrick (the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland) and the arrival of Roman Italien Christianity in Ireland. It was then that St. Patrick’s Day was made an official feast day and has become a celebration of Irish culture in general. Now a days, this holiday is celebrated through church services, wearing green, and the lifted restrictions of eating and drinking alcohol. It is probably the most widely celebrated saint’s day in the world. It is said that Saint Patrick even used shamrocks to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish because of its three leaves. To make the color green even more significant, in the 1798 rebellion, Irish soldiers wore full green uniforms on March 17th in hopes of political attention...safe to say it worked don’t you think?
Kayla Brown “Nothing much... just hung out with friends.”
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Brittany Brown “I actually had a dance competition.”
Dawn Point “I worked and then celebrated my boyfriend and I’s three month anniversary.”
Tristan Shifflet “I went shopping downtown.”
Kate Maley “I went shopping in Zona Rosa and ate pesto noodles!”