re: #524 Backwoods_Sleuth

My father was a member of AOH.
I know you enjoy quirky history, so here’s a link for you: aoh.com

Interesting stuff, thanks. This part in particular jumped out at me because of the Qur’an burnings & Muhammad cartoons:

The Early Irish in America
As the Irish population grew, anti-Catholic forces celebrated Pope Day, and carried straw effigies of St. Patrick on March 17 which were desecrated to taunt the Irish. The new Irish were quick to defend their honor; their reaction was swift, and violence was a normal result. The influence of the growing Irish population finally forced the city to ban such effigies in 1802. […]

Appeasement!!

The more things change… *smh*