I’m hoping that the luck O’ the Irish will prove the weather forecast to be wrong for this Sunday at 3:30 p.m. for the Annual O’Mena St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
When we think of St. Patrick’s Day, we think of Ireland. The holiday commemorates the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. But, when it comes to parades, the United States is the place.
The New York City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade is the oldest and largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the world. The first parade was held March 17, 1762 — fourteen years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. That first parade was comprised of a band of homesick, Irish ex-patriots and Irish military members serving with the British Army stationed in the colonies in New York. The first St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ireland didn’t take place until 1903.
