Whats Mexican about St. Patrick? St. Patricks Day isnt celebrated in Mexico at all, but there is a very curious connection between him (or at least his name) and that country. Back in the 1840s the United States and Mexico were at war. A certain group of soldiers who had signed on to the U.S. army deserted and ended up fighting for the Mexican side. They were called the Batallón de San Patricio (St. Patricks Batallion) because so many of them were immigrants. from Ireland. Mexican history has them pegged as great heroes; many on this side of the border thought them terrible traitors. If interested, you can read more about it here: latinamericanhistory.about/od/Mexican-AmericanWar/a/The-Saint-Patricks-Battalion.htm
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:48:09 +0000