St. Patrick's Day Parade - 2017

St. Patrick's Day Parade - 2017

St. Patrick's Day Parade - 2017

St. Patrick's Day Parade - 2017

St. Patrick's Day Parade - 2017 - Video

St. Patrick's Day Parade - 2017 - Video - Downtown, El Paso, Texas

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: Rudy Reyes from KFOX

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Comments

Add a comment
Thank you for your comment

St. Patrick's Day Parade - 2017 - Video

St. Patrick's Day Parade - 2017 Bundled up or skimpily clad, few of the revelers lining parade routes and filling Irish pubs have a clue about St. Patrick, the historical figure, according to the author of St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography. "The modern celebration of St. Patrick's Day really has almost nothing to do with the real man," classics professor Philip Freeman, of Luther College in Iowa, said in 2009. (Take an Ireland quiz.). For starters, the real St. Patrick wasn't even Irish. He was born in Britain around A.D. 390 to an aristocratic Christian family that owned a townhouse, a country villa, and plenty of slaves. What's more, Patrick professed no interest in Christianity as a young boy, Freeman noted. At 16, Patrick's world was turned upside down: He was kidnapped and sent overseas to tend sheep as a slave for seven years in the chilly, mountainous countryside of Ireland. (See Ireland pictures.) "It was just horrible for him," Freeman said. "But he got a religious conversion while he was there and became a very deeply believing Christian." According to folklore, a voice came to Patrick in his dreams, telling him to escape. He found passage on a pirate ship back to Britain, where he was reunited with his family. The voice then told him to go back to Ireland. "He gets ordained as a priest from a bishop, and goes back and spends the rest of his life trying to convert the Irish to Christianity," Freeman said. Patrick's work in Ireland was tough—he was constantly being beaten by thugs, harassed by Irish royalty, and admonished by his British superiors. After he died on March 17, 461, Patrick was largely forgotten. But slowly, mythology grew around Patrick, and centuries later he was honored as the patron saint of Ireland, Freeman noted. (Related: "St. Patrick's Day Fast Facts: Beyond the Blarney.") According to St. Patrick's Day lore, Patrick used the three leaves of a shamrock to explain the Christian holy trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Today, St. Patrick's Day revelers wear a shamrock. Trifolium dubium, the wild-growing, three-leaf clover that some botanists consider the official shamrock, is an annual plant that germinates in the spring. Other three-leaf clovers, such as the perennials Trifolium repens and Medicago lupulina, are "bogus shamrocks," according to the Irish Times. John Parnell, a botanist at Trinity College in Dublin, said in 2010 that Trifolium dubium is the most commonly used shamrock today, which lends credence to the claims of authenticity. However, he added, the custom of wearing a shamrock dates back to the 17th and 18th centuries, and "I know of no evidence to say what people then used. I think the argument on authenticity is purely academic—basically I'd guess they used anything cloverlike then." What's more, botanists say there's nothing uniquely Irish about shamrocks. Most clover species can be found throughout Europe. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140314-saint-patricks-day-2014-culture-nation-ireland/

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: Rudy Reyes from KFOX

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Comments

Add a comment
Thank you for your comment

St. Patrick's Day Parade - 2017 - Video

St. Patrick's Day Parade - 2017 Bundled up or skimpily clad, few of the revelers lining parade routes and filling Irish pubs have a clue about St. Patrick, the historical figure, according to the author of St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography. "The modern celebration of St. Patrick's Day really has almost nothing to do with the real man," classics professor Philip Freeman, of Luther College in Iowa, said in 2009. (Take an Ireland quiz.). For starters, the real St. Patrick wasn't even Irish. He was born in Britain around A.D. 390 to an aristocratic Christian family that owned a townhouse, a country villa, and plenty of slaves. What's more, Patrick professed no interest in Christianity as a young boy, Freeman noted. At 16, Patrick's world was turned upside down: He was kidnapped and sent overseas to tend sheep as a slave for seven years in the chilly, mountainous countryside of Ireland. (See Ireland pictures.) "It was just horrible for him," Freeman said. "But he got a religious conversion while he was there and became a very deeply believing Christian." According to folklore, a voice came to Patrick in his dreams, telling him to escape. He found passage on a pirate ship back to Britain, where he was reunited with his family. The voice then told him to go back to Ireland. "He gets ordained as a priest from a bishop, and goes back and spends the rest of his life trying to convert the Irish to Christianity," Freeman said. Patrick's work in Ireland was tough—he was constantly being beaten by thugs, harassed by Irish royalty, and admonished by his British superiors. After he died on March 17, 461, Patrick was largely forgotten. But slowly, mythology grew around Patrick, and centuries later he was honored as the patron saint of Ireland, Freeman noted. (Related: "St. Patrick's Day Fast Facts: Beyond the Blarney.") According to St. Patrick's Day lore, Patrick used the three leaves of a shamrock to explain the Christian holy trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Today, St. Patrick's Day revelers wear a shamrock. Trifolium dubium, the wild-growing, three-leaf clover that some botanists consider the official shamrock, is an annual plant that germinates in the spring. Other three-leaf clovers, such as the perennials Trifolium repens and Medicago lupulina, are "bogus shamrocks," according to the Irish Times. John Parnell, a botanist at Trinity College in Dublin, said in 2010 that Trifolium dubium is the most commonly used shamrock today, which lends credence to the claims of authenticity. However, he added, the custom of wearing a shamrock dates back to the 17th and 18th centuries, and "I know of no evidence to say what people then used. I think the argument on authenticity is purely academic—basically I'd guess they used anything cloverlike then." What's more, botanists say there's nothing uniquely Irish about shamrocks. Most clover species can be found throughout Europe. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140314-saint-patricks-day-2014-culture-nation-ireland/

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: Rudy Reyes from KFOX

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Comments

Add a comment
Thank you for your comment

St. Patrick's Day Parade - 2017 - Video - El Paso, Texas

Liliana Esparza principal at St. Patrick's Cathedral School. St. Patrick's Day Parade - 2017, El Paso, Texas.

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: Rudy Reyes from KFOX

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Comments

Add a comment
Thank you for your comment

Report this entry

Choose the most important reason for this report

Your name

Your email address

Optional detail

Thank you for your report

More from the same community-collection

Mrs. James Dick

Mrs. James Dick was the wife of wholesale grocer, James Dick.

Mr. James Dick

Mr. Dick was a wholesale grocer.

Mrs. Hixon

Mrs. Hixon is shown with her pet cat.

E. J. Mellish

Mellish was an El Paso surgeon.

Mural at Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe

This Jesus figure is part of a larger mural which covers the ...

Mural at Las Americas

This mural was created by teens in the Juvenile Probation System ...

Four unidentified women, ca. 1916

The automobile is stopped near the Cooley residence at Rio ...

Montana Avenue In El Paso, Texas

The image shows some of the beautiful houses on Montana Avenue.

Saint Patrick Cathedral

The picture shows St Patrick Church, the Cathedral for the ...

Church of St Clement

The picture shows the Church of St. Clement. The first Episcopal ...

Iglesia Adventista

The picture shows Iglesia Adventista. It is located on Montana ...

First Baptist Church

The First Baptist Church in El Paso was founded in 1882. The ...

Pat O'Rourke Recreation Center

Pat O'Rourke Recreation Center located in 901 N Virginia St, El ...

Pat O'Rourke Recreation Center

Pat O'Rourke Recreation Center located in 901 N Virginia St, El ...

El Paso Center For Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

El Paso Center For Gastrointestinal Endoscopy located 1620 Mesa ...

Fire Station 10

Fire Station 10 located in 1801 Montana Ave. El Paso Texas ...

Fire Station 3

Fire Station 3 located in 721 E. Rio Grande El Paso, TX 79902

Fire Station 3

Fire Station 3 located in 721 E. Rio Grande El Paso, TX 79902

Cheerleaders during Sun Bowl Parade 2008

The picture shows cheerleaders during the Sun Bowl Parade in ...

"Sports Commission Express" during Sun Bowl Parade 2008

The funky "Sports Commission Express" passes by during ...

"Ski Apache" during Sun Bowl Parade 2008

A balloon in form of a green skier was part of the Sun Bowl ...

Locomotive during Sun Bowl Parade 2008

A huge locomotive representing Western Refining made its way ...

Band during Sun Bowl Parade 2008

The band joins the Sun Bowl Parade in 2008. The members are ...

home.search_collection