Celebrating the Green: The History of St. Patrick's Day

Overview

Each year on March 17, a sea of green sweeps up New York's Fifth Avenue in the largest St. Patrick's Day parade in the nation. On the other side of the Atlantic, towns throughout Ireland honor the man who brought Christianity to the Emerald Isle with feasts and festivals. CELEBRATING THE GREEN shows how Irish immigrants in America transformed a religious festival into a celebration of all things Irish, and St. Patrick's Day became a nationwide phenomenon.