Every year on March 17, the Irish & the Irish-at-heart across around the world celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The holiday started out as a religious feast day for the patron saint of Ireland but has become an international festival celebrating Irish culture. From parades and yummy irish foods to dancing, and green everywhere you look, its a party. My hometown, Colorado Springs, welcomes Spring with its annual St Patrick’s Day Parade.The celebration started 33 years ago, and this year it grows bigger. Thousands of runners, hundreds of cyclists and dozens of dancing groups, celtic bands, marching bands, schools, charities, businesses, and more for this IRISH DOWNTOWN CELEBRATION. If you’re in the area on March 17, 2018, join the fun. Be sure and wear your green! Now, for the Saint Patrick’s Day fun facts! #1 Did you know that we celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day on the day of the saint’s death, March 17th. He spent most his life converting pagans of Ireland to Christianity. His entrance to heaven was March 17, 461AD. #2. How about this, St. Patrick wasn’t even Irish, nor was he born in Ireland. His parents were Roman citizens living in either England, Scotland or Wales, the scholars can’t agree which country, there’s something unusual, NOT. #3. Here’s a shocker, Saint Patrick was a slave. He had the misfortune of being kidnapped at sixteen years old by Irish raiders. They sold him as a slave. For several years he herded sheep and learned about the Irish people. By age Continue Reading →