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A: It comes from the American Revolution, when the Continental Army was encamped at Valley Forge. A British Protestant regiment from Ireland was marauding and burning farms in the area as an affront to St Patrick, and the Pennsylvania militia wanted to take vengeance on their comrades who were from Ireland. Genreral Washington, to calm everyone down, issued an order that the army would have the day off and a special ration of rum in celebration of St Patrick's Day and that everyone should consider themselves Irish that day so no one would feel left out or hold any resentment.
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