Over a century later, in 1762, homesick Irish soldiers serving in the British military organized a march in honor of the patron saint in New York City, igniting a longstanding parade tradition in ...

The Irish patron saint's death would go on to become ... festival can trace its origins back to New York in 1762 when Irish soldiers serving in the British military marched through the city ...

He sent soldiers to deal with the situation ... Renowned for the many churches he built, Saint Patrick is considered the ...

Patrick's Day, patron saint of Ireland, and to remember the ... and sexual assaults by US soldiers. So… they defected. Hundreds left the red, white, and blue and joined the Mexican army.

In later life he served as a bishop and by the seventh century he had become the patron saint of Ireland ... In 1772 homesick Irish soldiers held a St Patrick’s Day march in New York, and ...