Emancipation also meant to stress the fact that all of the black slaves in the US (both north and south) are free people now. President also addressed people and soldiers explaining them that when a region of the confederate state or a whole state is taken; all of the slaves should be treated as free man and freed.
Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early 17th century and is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of Ireland), the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Lutheran Church.
St Bridget's feast day is celebrated on February 1, and St Columba is remembered on June 9, but March 17 is all about St Patrick. Four myths about St Patrick Many myths have been told about the figure of St Patrick.