Editing Saint Patrick's Day (section)

====United States====
[[File:ChicagoStPatricksDay2015.jpg|thumb|The [[Chicago River#Saint Patrick's Day|Chicago River dyed green]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://abc7chicago.com/news/crowds-gather-for-st-patricks-day-celebrations-downtown/1242900/ |title=Crowds gather for St. Patrick's Day celebrations downtown |last=Holmes |first=Evelyn |newspaper=Abc7 Chicago |date=12 March 2016 |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company]] |access-date=13 March 2016 |quote=Large crowds gathered for Saturday's St. Patrick's Day festivities downtown. Although St. Patrick's Day is actually on a Thursday this year, Chicago will be marking the day all weekend long. Some started the day at Mass at Old St. Patrick's Church in the city's West Loop neighborhood. Spectators gathered along the riverfront in the Loop for the annual dyeing of the Chicago River, which began at 9&nbsp;am |archive-date=13 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313110314/http://abc7chicago.com/news/crowds-gather-for-st-patricks-day-celebrations-downtown/1242900/ |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
{{Main|Saint Patrick's Day in the United States}}
Saint Patrick's Day, while not a legal holiday in the United States, is nonetheless widely recognised and observed throughout the country as a celebration of Irish and [[Irish-American]] culture. Celebrations include prominent displays of the colour green, religious observances, numerous parades, and copious consumption of alcohol.<ref name="Irish Culture 3" /> The holiday has been celebrated in what is now the U.S. since 1600, with the first parade occurring in 1601.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://totallystaugustine.com/first-u-s-st-patricks-celebration-held-in-st-augustine-florida-in-1600/|title=First U.S. St. Patrick's celebration held in St. Augustine, Florida in 1600|newspaper=Totally St. Augustine |access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=9 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109211401/http://totallystaugustine.com/first-u-s-st-patricks-celebration-held-in-st-augustine-florida-in-1600/|url-status=live}}</ref>

It is customary for the Irish [[Taoiseach]] (Irish Prime Minister) to meet with the [[President of the United States]] on or around Saint Patrick's Day.<ref name="irishtimes.com">Collins, Stephen. (11 March 2017). [https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/a-short-history-of-taoisigh-visiting-the-white-house-on-st-patrick-s-day-1.3005736 A Short History of Taoisigh Visiting the White House on St Patrick's Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411085934/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/a-short-history-of-taoisigh-visiting-the-white-house-on-st-patrick-s-day-1.3005736 |date=11 April 2019 }}. ''Irish Times''. Retrieved 8 January 2019</ref><ref>[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/articles/st-patricks-day-irish-heritage-american-history/ St. Patrick's Day and Irish Heritage in American History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302235353/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/articles/st-patricks-day-irish-heritage-american-history/ |date=2 March 2021 }} (14 March 2018). [[whitehouse.gov]] Retrieved 8 January 2019</ref> Traditionally, the Taoiseach presents the US president a [[Waterford Crystal]] bowl filled with shamrocks.<ref name="irishexaminer.com">Dwyer, Ryle. (2 January 2017). [https://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/president-reagans-bowl-of-shamrock-and-the-1500-year-wake-437296.html President Reagan's Bowl of Shamrock and the 1,500-Year Wake] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110014343/https://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/president-reagans-bowl-of-shamrock-and-the-1500-year-wake-437296.html |date=10 January 2019 }}. [[Irish Examiner]]. Retrieved 8 January 2019</ref> This tradition began in 1952 when the Irish Ambassador to the US, [[John Hearne (lawyer)|John Hearne]], sent a box of shamrocks to President [[Harry S. Truman]]. From then, it became a yearly custom for the Irish ambassador to send Saint Patrick's Day shamrocks to an official in the US President's administration, although on some occasions the shamrocks were given personally by the Irish Taoiseach or Irish President to the US president in Washington.<ref name="irishtimes.com"/><ref name="irishexaminer.com"/> After the meeting between Taoiseach [[Albert Reynolds]] and President [[Bill Clinton]] in 1994, the presenting of the shamrocks became a yearly custom.<ref name="irishtimes.com"/><ref>Dwyer, Ryle. (2 January 2017). [https://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/president-reagans-bowl-of-shamrock-and-the-1500-year-wake-437296.html President Reagan's Bowl of Shamrock and the 1,500-Year Wake] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110014343/https://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/president-reagans-bowl-of-shamrock-and-the-1500-year-wake-437296.html |date=10 January 2019 }}. ''[[Irish Examiner]]''. Retrieved 8 January 2019</ref>