Today is the day, according to a sign in a Guinness Brewery, when "everyone is Irish"...somewhat ethnocentric, but nobody pays careful attention to beer ads, now do they?!! St. Patrick went from being a slave of the Irish to being the evangelist of the Irish after his conversion...check out his story to see why this has become a rather famous day in Anglo-Celtic history. Today is also the anniversary of the birth of Saint Patrick Cleburne in 1828... pictured at right in yet another public domain illustration. I describe him as Saint Patrick quite simply because he was while on earth until he shuffled off this mortal coil with a bullet in the chest at the ill-conceived attack of Confederate forces at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee in 1864.General Pat was a Christian who not only was influential in the revivals within the Army of Tennessee (something without great historical coverage) by facilitating and encouraging preaching in his camps, but tried to get all Southern slaves freed so they could be enlisted in the Confederate Armies in 1864 in order to secure Southern independence...a proposal that was politely ignored by Confederate authorities even though it was also espoused by General Robert E. Lee.
He was also known as the "Stonewall of the West" because of his excellent use of terrain, tactics, and troops in much the same way as General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson did in the East. His piety was as well-known and accepted as Jackson's. Essentially, he was an all-around good guy. So, I wish y'all a "top o' the morning" and a raise of the glass after working hours to The Patricks who followed their Lord in somewhat different paths and different ages but who followed Him none-the-less!
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