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Lord Mountjoy

Freedom’s Sons and Daughters

IA Newsletter, February 17, 2024

February 16, 2024 by Leave a Comment

The Stories of the Irish and George Washington INTRODUCTION There is no doubt that Ireland's sons and daughters played a major role in the battle for American independence from the British Crown. As leading Revolutionary War historian Thomas Fleming has noted, the Irish "responded en masse to the call for resistance to England. With more than 300,000 of them in the … [Read more...] about Freedom’s Sons and Daughters

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