This St. Patrick’s Day Let Us Honor the Saint

Bagpipe members of the Shannon Rovers Pipe Band are seen in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago, Ill., on March 12, 2005. Tim Boyle/Getty Images

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For centuries, Americans have celebrated St. Patrick’s Day every March 17. Dating all the way back to 1601, before the 50 states, before the 13 colonies, before the Seven Years War, even before the Plymouth Colony was founded, colonists celebrated the holiday. They were actually part of the Spanish colony now known as Saint Augustine.