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St. Patrick’s Day and the Luck of the Chicagoland Irish

2025-03-17 19:00:00 2025-03-17 20:00:00 America/Chicago St. Patrick’s Day and the Luck of the Chicagoland Irish Jim Gibbons will show how St. Patrick’s Day themed parades and food, and Irish settlers themselves, were established in Chicago and the surrounding areas! (In person/online) Fremont Public Library - Events Room, 2nd floor

Monday, March 17
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-17 19:00:00 2025-03-17 20:00:00 America/Chicago St. Patrick’s Day and the Luck of the Chicagoland Irish Jim Gibbons will show how St. Patrick’s Day themed parades and food, and Irish settlers themselves, were established in Chicago and the surrounding areas! (In person/online) Fremont Public Library - Events Room, 2nd floor

Fremont Public Library

Events Room, 2nd floor

Jim Gibbons will show how St. Patrick’s Day themed parades and food, and Irish settlers themselves, were established in Chicago and the surrounding areas! (In person/online)

Every year in March, Chicago plays a trick on its residents. The Chicago River, which was once blue, is suddenly dyed green! Is this a trick by the infamous St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun, or a Chicago tradition that dates back for years? How and why did the annual tradition of dying the river green even begin in Chicago?

Historian Jim Gibbons will explain this and more in his St. Patrick’s Day themed historical program! Gibbons will explain how Chicagoland’s Irish history and heritage, St. Patrick’s Day themed parades and food, and Irish settlers themselves, were all established in Chicago, Illinois and the surrounding areas!

So sit back and relax and get ready for a fun celebration of the Irish heritage! And if you’re lucky, maybe you’ll find a pot of gold of information at the end of this rainbow!

Registration is required. 

You may attend this program in person at the Library, or may attend virtually/online.

To register, select either "Register to Attend Online" or "Register to Attend In Person." Online attendees MUST provide a valid e-mail address.


 

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Registered Program |

TAGS: | History |

Fremont Public Library

Phone: 847-566-8702
Fax: 847-566-0204

Hours
Mon, Mar 17 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Mar 18 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Mar 19 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Mar 20 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Mar 21 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Mar 22 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Mar 23 1:00PM to 5:00PM
Mon, Mar 17 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Mar 18 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Mar 19 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Mar 20 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Mar 21 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Mar 22 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Mar 23 1:00PM to 5:00PM

Address
1170 N. Midlothian Road
Mundelein, Illinois 60060
Tel: 847-566-8702
Fax: 847-566-0204

About the branch

The Fremont Public Library District encompasses parts of Mundelein, Grayslake, Hawthorn Woods, Libertyville, Round Lake, Round Lake Park, and Wauconda. To find out if you live in our district, please call 847-566-8702. We honor library cards from any other public library in Illinois as well as a few from southern Wisconsin. The library is located in Mundelein, half a mile north of Rte.176 on Midlothian Road.

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