St. Patrick's Day
Ireland and Catholicism are to many people irrevocably linked. Culture and religion riding in the same cart is a powerful, in fact near unstoppable force (Herbert, Dune).
Years ago my Great-Great-Grandfather Price disowned his daughter for daring to marry a French-Canadian Catholic. He didn't even go to church. In my Dad's family he is unsurprisingly remembered as a mean-spirited man.
Today I'm wearing orange, mainly just because I have a new shirt, partly as a joke, and also to remember my history. Grandpa Price raised his daughter to hate Catholics. She married one anyways. History must be remembered (both good and bad), but most importantly, we must learn from it.
Years ago my Great-Great-Grandfather Price disowned his daughter for daring to marry a French-Canadian Catholic. He didn't even go to church. In my Dad's family he is unsurprisingly remembered as a mean-spirited man.
Today I'm wearing orange, mainly just because I have a new shirt, partly as a joke, and also to remember my history. Grandpa Price raised his daughter to hate Catholics. She married one anyways. History must be remembered (both good and bad), but most importantly, we must learn from it.
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