St. Patrick"s Day, celebrated on March 17, honors Ireland"s patron saint and national apostle, Saint Patrick—a fifth-century missionary. A national holiday in Ireland, the festivity is marked by a range of cultural events, parades, and traditional music and dance enjoyed across the globe. Interestingly, the first St. Patrick"s Day parade wasn"t held in Ireland but in the US. The earliest celebration was organized by Irish vicar Ricardo Artur in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1601.
Happy St. Patricks Day!
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
It’s Canada’s national day
-
Fashion models of the avian world
-
Eurasian otter and pup, Estonia
-
It’s Penguin Awareness Day
-
Porto Cathedral, Portugal
-
Chestnut-eared aracari in the Pantanal, Brazil
-
Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia
-
Swinging into International Jazz Day
-
Rumelihisarı in Istanbul, Türkiye
-
The Rainbow Houses of Houten, Netherlands
-
Look to the north sky tonight for the Perseids
-
Aw shucks, It s Oyster Day
-
On a Healing Field for Veterans Day
-
White Sands National Park, New Mexico
-
National Moth Week
-
Pining for spring
-
And the skies filled with bats…
-
Celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day
-
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington
-
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
-
A cutting-edge art gallery opens in Paris
-
Take this for a spin...
-
Bobbio, Italy
-
A day for the oceans
-
Birds of a feather flocking together
-
Autumn in the cypress swamp
-
Step into the dark
-
It s a good day to be green
-
Gem State views
-
Flock together for Cousins Day
Bing Wallpaper Gallery


