March 17, 1762 - Irish soldiers serving in the British army hold a parade in New York City to honor St. Patrick's feast day.

March 17, 1862 - In order to finance the Civil War, the U.S. Treasury encourages the use of paper money, known as greenbacks.

March 17, 1898 - The first modern, practical submarine, the USS Holland, makes a trial run off State Island, New York.

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March 17, 1910 - Luther and Charlotte Gulick found the Camp Fire Girls organization.

March 17, 1941 - The National Gallery of Art is officially opened. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is at the ceremony.

March 17, 1958 - The first satellite to be launched by the United States, the Vanguard I, is sent up. It was equipped with a radio transmitter that broadcast to a tracking system available worldwide.
 

"The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have always blown on free men." - Franklin D. Roosevelt