It's not just St. Patrick's Day
In Boston, today isn't St. Patrick's Day, it's Evacuation Day.
Today is the 248th anniversary of the day the British were expelled from Boston, in 1776. A turning point of the Revolutionary War. The fledging United States (Continental Congress) conferred its first ever Medal to Gen. George Washington for his masterful strategy, in forcing the British to flee Boston for Canada on this day. (On November 25th, NYC will celebrate their Evacuation Day. The 241st anniversary of the day the last British Soldiers left Manhattan.) Now go have a green beer to celebrate! |
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It’s it National pizza, donut, or chocolate ice cream day too:mmmm: everyday seem to be a _________ day of some sort
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More important, it is NCAA Selection Sunday.:jester:
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*Source- Howie Carr |
I'm surprised that no one has injected any bathroom humor into this thread.
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This story was told at the Semi-World Famous St. Patrick's Day Breakfast in South Boston. Mike Matarrazo (City Clerk in Everett, MA & former Patronage Chief to Bill Weld) wrote Bill's monologue. He was on the trip and swears the story is true. Bill Weld went on a boondoggle "trade mission" to Ireland, back in 93-94. The Speaker of the House Tom Flaherty, went along. They were leaving one pub for another and Flaherty couldn't find Weld. Someone told Flaherty that Weld was in the bathroom. Flaherty found him and told him to hurry up. Weld said, "I have to wash my hands, first. Didn't they teach you to wash your hands after going to the bathroom when you went to BC"? Flaherty replied, "At BC, they taught us not to pee on our hands when we went to the bathroom". I know that wasn't the bathroom humor you asked about, but it's the best I can do. |
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A LOT of actual genuine bona fide Irish emigrated to the Greater Boston area and there's a HUGE Catholic presence there. So it makes sense that they'd be super into celebrating their religion and heritage as immigrants. Here in The Villages, I dunno. Doesn't really make much sense to me. I just don't get the impression that people celebrate immigrants much down here, except as an excuse to get drunk and wear green. |
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St Patrick’s celebration
Why were rainbow balloons at Spanish Springs during parade ? I thought that the day was to celebrate our Irish heritage not our sexual orientation.
What are the colors for straight people? Slante |
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