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圣派翠克节 (St.
Patrick’s Day) ：3月17日
爱尔兰兵团 (Irish
Brigade) 在1862年美国内战时组成。这些爱尔兰裔士兵为联邦军队作战，并参与了一些很血腥的战争。一个叫做菲利普．汤玛斯．塔克 (Phillip
Thomas Tucker) 的历史学家说：「这些凯尔特士兵 (Celtic) 可说是为了自己的将来，以及为了一个没有种族隔离、没有迫害、不会歧视爱尔兰人、天主教、爱尔兰文化，以及凯尔特常规的美国而战。」爱尔兰美国人的常规已经成为美国文化里很重要的一部分。不管是在歌曲里、节庆中，外表上，或企业里，不管是哪一个种族的美国人现在都会庆祝圣派翠克节。
In 1862, during the Civil War, the Irish Brigade was formed. These Irish American soldiers fought for the Union in some of the bloodiest battles of the war. One historian, Phillip Thomas Tucker, said, "These Celtic soldiers were fighting most of all for their own future and an America which did not segregate, persecute, and discriminate against the Irish people and their Catholicism, Irish culture, and distinctive Celtic heritage." Irish American heritage has become an important part of American culture. In song, festivity, appearance and company, Americans of all ethnicities are celebrating St. Patrick's Day!
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CREDIT: "Harrison's Landing, Virginia. Group of the Irish Brigade." July 1862. Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865, American Memory collections, Library of Congress.
AUDIO CREDIT: DeValera, Eamonn, speaker. "St. Patrick's Day Message." Sound recording. Nation's Forum, circa 1918-1920. American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election, 1918-1920, American Memory collections, Library of Congress.
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