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And how appropriate for this story to break today, St. Patrick's Day, since the vast majority of those brave Marylanders (and listen up, NBC News...not "so-called Marylanders" but the "Maryland 400") were Irish-Americans.

Actually, There was quite a large percentage of the Colonial army was of Scotts Irish decent.

Perhaps because they really knew how to hate the British

11 posted on 03/17/2011 9:31:20 AM PDT by Cowman (How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)

No question, but these boys were Maryland militia (with a smattering of Delaware militia in there at that battle). And, they were mostly the Catholic sons of Irish immigrants who were farmers, shopkeepers, mechanics and such. Thomas Fleming writes about them. They were not poor boys either; this was the regiment that the regular troops made fun of when they first came to NYC as they were one of the few militias to have uniforms. But after the battle, no one made fun of any of them or their memory anymore...

15 posted on 03/17/2011 9:38:33 AM PDT by Pharmboy (What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)

"Scotts Irish" you be sayin? Well I lived in Dublin a while and don't recall meetin' any of these "Scotts Irish", now if you mean the Protestant invaders in the Six Counties, aye, we've quite a lot of them. More than a few went to America, but not enough by some reckonings...

Happy St. Patrick's Day, lad.

17 posted on 03/17/2011 9:42:09 AM PDT by Jack Black ( Whatever is left of American patriotism is now identical with counter-revolution.)