FReeper Canteen ~ Happy St Patrick's Day 2025! ~ 17 March 2025

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[Kathy in Alaska]

The FReeper Canteen Presents...
~ Happy St Patrick's Day! ~

Canteen Mission Statement

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years.

On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink, and feast—on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.

Irish Rovers ~ Whisky In A Jar

Dominic Behan ~ Erin Go Bragh

Lisa Kelly ~ Carrickfergus

Clancy Brother & Tommy Makem ~ Johnnie I Hardly Knew Ya

The Dubliners ~ The Rocky Road To Dublin

Today, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by people of all backgrounds in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Although North America is home to the largest productions, St. Patrick's Day has been celebrated in other locations far from Ireland, including Japan, Singapore, and Russia.

Loreena McKennitt ~ She Moved Through The Fair

El McMeen ~ Danny Boy

Three Irish Tenors ~ That’s An Irish Lullaby

The Wolfe Tones ~ The Wearing Of The Green

The Chieftians ~ An Gaoth Aneas

In modern-day Ireland, St. Patrick's Day has traditionally been a religious occasion. In fact, up until the 1970s, Irish laws mandated that pubs be closed on March 17. Beginning in 1995, however, the Irish government began a national campaign to use St. Patrick's Day as an opportunity to drive tourism and showcase Ireland to the rest of the world.

Last year, close to one million people took part in Ireland 's St. Patrick's Festival in Dublin, a multi-day celebration featuring parades, concerts, outdoor theater productions, and fireworks shows.

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[ExTexasRedhead]

The Bloody Slugfest to Save Bastogne | History Traveler Episode 420

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbGqQGO6No0

The History Underground Series

https://www.youtube.com/@TheHistoryUnderground

As the Germans were flooding west towards the road junction of Bastogne in the early days of the Battle of the Bulge, American elements were being thrown into their path as soon as they were available. In this episode, we’re looking at the lesser known roles that the 9th & 10th Armored Divisions played in holding the Germans back while a perimeter was being formed around Bastogne.

[SkyDancer]

~ Evening All! ~ I'll Drink To That!

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~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[Songcraft]

I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen - The Platters

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Happy St Patrick's Day 2025 ~

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[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Songcraft]

       Wasn't That A Party - The Irish Rovers

[Beowulf9]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

My Irish Grandmother from Ireland said over there it is a religious holiday and not the drinking done over here. I find that kind of beautiful.

So, if anyone cares to read about St. Patrick, here is a little bit on him.

https://www.worldhistory.org/Saint_Patrick/

[Songcraft]

Dear Old Donegal - Dermot Hegarty (sing-along)

[Songcraft]

Danny Boy - Celtic Woman

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ETR, and Happy St Patrick's Day.

Thanks for the link.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good eveing, janey...((HUGS))...hope you have had a good weekend.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Here’s another good one.

Video for those who really enjoy military history!!

Most Gangster General Of WW2 - “Terrible” Terry Allen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfFuMuVazrE

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Songcraft...thanks for the great St Patrick's Day tune.

Has spring come to your part of the country?

Almost all our snow was gone til last last week. Now everything is all white again. Spring is not quite here.

[luvie]

....EVERYONE!!
Van Morrison~Into The Mystic

[Songcraft]

Hi Kathy!   Happy St. Patrick's Day!

No, it's still winter where I live too.   It is snowing right now, and we are supposed to get 1"-3" tonight, so I can't put the shovels away yet.   (It should at least be green snow!)

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[Songcraft]

Harrigan - The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra; Rick Benjamin, director, Colin Pritchard, baritone

[Fiji Hill]

The Irish Rover--The Steven Carcary Dance Band

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Now that it’s almost Spring, y’all get snow. LOL I see it’s still spitting up there today.