WHOEVER exactly Saint Patrick was,he surely never expected the fuss that would be made of him 15 centuries after his passing. All over the world, the day devoted to Ireland’s holy patron is now a time of exuberant, and mostly secular celebration of all things Hibernian and supposedly Hibernian. The annual march up current York’s Fifth Avenue is often described as America’s oldest civilian parade. Its origins predate the American Revolution,though the event...
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Source: economist.com