St. Patrick´s Day

                      By: Halle Westbrook

                        Have you ever wondered about St. Patrick´s Day´s history? I know I have. But the story is actually kind of crazy! According to GPB Media,¨St. Patrick's Day celebrates the Roman Catholic feast day of the patron saint of Ireland.¨ It also says that St. Patrick is not even Irish! He was born in Roman Britain. He was captured into slavery and brought to Ireland. It states,¨He escaped to a monastery in Gaul (France) and converted to Christianity. He went back to Ireland in 432 as a missionary. While Christianity had already taken hold in the country, tradition has it that Patrick confronted the Druids at Tara and abolished their pagan rites, making Christianity more widespread. Patrick became a bishop and after his death was named Ireland's patron saint. Celebrations in Ireland were understated though. When the Irish emigrated to the U.S., they created the bigger celebrations and parades known today.¨ And that is how we got St. Patrick´s Day!