One of the things with history is that it's stupid to focus on one era, say 250 years ago at the American Revolution, and pretend that those same circumstances still apply today, and that nothing else happened in between.
Yes, the 'son of Ulster' Henry Knox forced the British Army to its 'Evacuation of Boston' on St Patrick's Day in 1776.
But in Boston Common today, there is a 1945 plaque expressing the thanks of the Royal Navy for the assistance of Boston Navy Yard and the people of Boston for their 'hospitality and friendship' in the Battle of the Atlantic in World War 2 in defeating the evils of Nazi Germany - many of those Boston-built ships came to Belfast and Londonderry in preparation for D-Day on 6 June 1944.
A joint stand for liberty.
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