St. Patrick's Day
Danbury is in full swing with St. Patrick’s Day celebrations! On Wednesday, March 12, the Children’s Library hosted a very successful and very green Greenalicious party, complete with a buzzing bee celebrating St. Patrick!
Who was St. Patrick, and why are we celebrating him, you ask? St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, and was believed to have died on March 17th. His life is a bit of a mystery, but what we do know is that he was captured by Irish raiders and lived six years as prisoner before he escaped. According to his writings, St. Patrick was guided by his visions to escape to Ireland, and to become a missionary and begin religious training. Some of the more far-fetched myths of St. Patrick include his feat of banishing all the snakes from Ireland, and that he himself introduced Christianity to Ireland. Oddly enough, the first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place not in Ireland, but in the United States in 1762, down the streets of New York City. Danbury’s own St. Patrick’s Day parade takes place on Sunday, March 16, starting at 2pm in Rogers Park off South Street, and on Monday, come to the library and enjoy A Little Irish Blarney in the Junior Department at 4pm!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! May you find a leprechaun to give you gold or a lucky shamrock!