where was the first st patrick's day parade held
Saint Patrick's Day in the United States The world’s first recorded St Patrick’s Day celebration was in St. Augustine, Florida, in the year 1600 according to Dr. Michael Franicis's 2017 research in the Spanish Archives of the Indies. Franicis discovered the first St. Patrick Day Parade was also in St. Augustine in 1601. [4]. Both were organized by the Spanish Colony's Irish vicar Ricardo Artur (Richard Arthur).