The Saint Patrick's Battalion in the Mexican-American War
Elena Maria Vidal has an informative post about those "soldiers of St. Patrick who put faith ahead of politics, at great cost to themselves" — Los San Patricios. "Many Irishmen were quick to see that higher loyalties should prevail, and they joined the Mexican side." There's even a "movie about the San Patricios with Tom Berenger."
Interesting that the Catholic Patrick J. Buchanan should have used these same as a counter-argument in his State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America. Of course, he's right, even if we allow that the Saint Patrick's Battalion were as well.
Interesting that the Catholic Patrick J. Buchanan should have used these same as a counter-argument in his State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America. Of course, he's right, even if we allow that the Saint Patrick's Battalion were as well.
Labels: America the Beautiful, American History, Las Américas, The Catholic Faith, The Seventh Art, War and Rumors of War
2 Comments:
The Chieftains did an album about this recently, mostly traditional Mexican music with a lot of Irish instrumentation and guest artists (including Ry Cooder). I quite enjoy it.
Thank you for the link!
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