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Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick introduced legislation, The St. Patrick’s Day Act, on Friday to make St. Patrick’s Day a federal holiday.
“St. Patrick’s Day commemorates the rich history and fighting spirit of the Irish people – including nearly 2 million in Pennsylvania - and the countless contributions that generations of Irish Americans have made to our nation,” Congressman Fitzpatrick said. “As a descendant of Irish immigrants and a friend of Ireland, I am proud to introduce this bipartisan legislation to properly recognize St. Patrick’s Day as a federal holiday.”
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St. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated for over 1,000 years annually on March 17, the anniversary of the death of Saint Patrick, a patron saint of Ireland and its national apostle.
It is a holiday celebrated by all kinds of people all over the world commonly donning the color green and three-leaf clovers.
There are only 11 federal holidays. The last federal holiday to be added to the list was Juneteenth Independence Day, which became a federal holiday in 2021.
