PATRICK’S DAY: General Thomas Gage, military governor of Massachusetts evacuates Boston.
NOTE: Until this event St. Patrick’s Day had been a solemn religious observance, as it continues to remain in Ireland. But since then St. Patty’s Day has been an excuse to party.
[restored 7/4/2021]
Subsequent Events:
References:
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1992), 2:1029.
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