The United States of America has been considered as a place of hope, freedom and prosperity ever since its independence from the British Union to the present day. So is to say, that from its early settlements, this country became the dream of many foreigners in order to live a new life full of opportunities. Particularly, the famous Statue of Liberty inspired numerous newcomers to settle down in America due to its symbolism of freedom, welcoming immigrants from abroad. A group in particular had
"It's a Girl" This was not the first time I'd heard these words, not even the first time I'd heard them spoken in a delivery room. But it was the first time I heard them spoken to my daughter and it was unlike any other moment in my life. Just eight months earlier my daughter Kirsten, only eighteen years old herself, had shyly whispered to me that she was going to have a baby. While I smiled and hugged her, I reeled from a barrage of fears and emotions I could not share with her. I knew
More myth surrounds Saint Patrick than fact. Born in 387, his story has been enlarged and modified and lost throughout the years. For example, it is probably that Saint Patrick was not born Patrick–according to some sources, Patrick was born Maewyn Succat. Likewise, legend has it that Saint Patrick drove snakes out of Ireland, while in fact snakes were not inhabitants of Ireland at the time. He also was not always the stalwart Christian throughout his whole life: as a child and young teenager, he
A three leaf clover, also known as a shamrock, is an Irish symbol that was used by Saint Patrick to explain the concept of the Holy Trinity. Saint Patrick was a missionary and bishop in Ireland during the 5th century. Saint Patrick died on March 17th. This day is celebrated for his remembrance through the well-known holiday called St. Patrick’s Day. Shamrock is a name that refers to the Irish word “clover,” which many people mistake for the four leaf clover. The use and belief of the shamrock goes
Savannah and its willingness to let loose and have some fun with life. The third rule also shows one of the traditions of Savannah: "Observe the high holidays - Saint Patrick's Day and the day of the Georgia-Florida football game" (49). Nearly everyone in Savannah gets involved in both these holidays, adding their own twists to both. For Saint Patrick's Day, the drinking begins at 6 a.m. The women in South Georgia don't start wearing panty hose till after the big game. While Berendt doesn't let Joe's advice
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Saint Patrick's Day in Kalispell, Montana: Here comes the spring, comes the March and again comes the hugely celebrated event of Kalispell Montana, the Saint Patrick's Day. Saint Patrick's Day is a historical fact celebrate to commemorate the services of great Saint Patrick. Renowned as the international festival of the Irish community, the Saint Patrick's Day hugely celebrated in the whole Irish theme in Kalispell, Montana regarded as the enormously Irish town of U.S. St Patrick’s Day history: