Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in George Washington’s Army

<![CDATA[Today is St. Patrick’s Day, celebrating one of the most influential religious luminaries in history. The young slave-turned-missionary bishop converted Ireland to Catholic Christianity almost single-handedly, drove the snakes out of Ireland, and ensured that Western Civilization would be preserved and reborn on the “Isle of Saints and Scholars” after the darkness of the barbarian takeover of Roman Europe. St. Patrick even inspired the greatest American Founding Father!]]>