Tag: New York

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17th March 1766: First Saint Patrick’s Day parade

17th March 2020
Tagged as: Culture, Ireland, New York, Religion, Saint Patrick

On the 17th March 1766, the first recorded St Patrick’s Day parade took place…in New York.

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23rd December 1823: The Night Before Christmas first published

23rd December 2019
Tagged as: America, Christmas, Literature, New York, USA

On the 23^rd December 1823, the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, more commonly known as “The Night Before Christmas” was published anonymously in the New York Sentinel.

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