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AMERICA’S DIVERSITY HAS BEEN UNIQUE IN THE WORLD FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT. IN 1737, IRISH COLONISTS FIRST CELEBRATED ST. PATRICK’S DAY IN BOSTON. NEW YORK CITY’S IRISH INITIATED THEIR CELEBRATION AT THE CROWN & THISTLE TAVERN IN 1756. GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON, COMMANDER OF A LARGE NUMBER OF IRISH VOLUNTEERS, GAVE THEM A DAY OFF ON MARCH 17, 1780.
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