From the Chicago River being dyed green to parades across the country, see photos of how the U.S. has celebrated St. Patrick's Day in the past.

Start looking for shamrocks and fire up the Crock Pot for corned beef and cabbage because March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day.

Montserrat treats the holiday as both a national celebration and a more somber milestone: a commemoration of a failed slave rebellion.

St Patrick's Day, a full-brother to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, has dipped a toe back into the stallion ranks at owner Jane Lyon's Summer Wind Farm in Georgetown, Ky. Following is an edited post from the Summer Wind Farm Facebook page on March 17.

As communities around the world marked St. Patrick’s Day, one of the largest parades honoring the holiday took over Savannah, drawing thousands of people downtown for the city’s 202nd annual celebration.

On Tuesday, March 17, HCA Healthcare’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., celebrated St. Patrick's Day with shamrocks, snuggles and their littliest patients. In a post on the hospital's Facebook, they showed off the preemies and their adorable outfits, adding a "touch of green and a whole lot of joy" to families during their extended NICU stay.

Irish traditions were celebrated March 15 as Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez joined hundreds for the St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Philadelphia.

The music of bands marching down Beech Street, coupled with flashing lights and loud sirens, are sure signs that the St. Patrick’s Parade is back. But, for more sensory-sensitive paradegoers, all of that stimulation can take away from the enjoyment of parade day,