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Tag Archives: St. Patrick’s Day
Irish Shenanigans
Davenport and the Quad Cities love celebrating St. Patrick’s Day and the month of March provides opportunity and hope for celebrating the coming of Spring and all things green. With that in mind, here are some of the March Mischief … Continue reading
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Tagged Davenport (Iowa), Events, Local History, newspapers, St. Patrick's Day
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The Sarsfield Guards: The first bi-state St. Patrick’s Parades
Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 11:30 a.m., the 33rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Grand Parade will start in Rock Island, Illinois, cross the Talbot Memorial Bridge (formerly the Centennial Bridge), and end in Davenport, Iowa. This much-beloved event is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Davenport City Artillery, Davenport City Guards, Davenport Rifle Corp, local militia, Military local, Parade, Robert M. Littler, Sarsfield Guards, St. Patrick's Day
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When Irish Eyes are reading the newspapers . . .
It’s difficult to do any research about Davenport’s earliest history without finding at least one Germanic surname along the way. And once the “forty-eighters” came here to find a little peace from the ongoing wars in their part of Europe … Continue reading
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Tagged Access Newspaper Archive, Davenport Democrat, Davenport Gazette, newspapers, St. Patrick's Day
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St. Patrick’s Day, 1869 — A Tradition is Born
Ahh, St. Patrick’s Day. The wearin’ o’ the green is surely a celebration at its finest! Davenport has a long tradition of observing this delightful day as evidenced in the March 18, 1869 edition of the Davenport Daily Gazette. … Continue reading
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Tagged Parades, St. Anthony's Church, St. Mary's Catholic Church, St. Patrick's Day
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