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The San Francisco riot of 1877 was a three-day riot waged against Chinese immigrants in San Francisco, California by the city's majority Irish population from the evening of July 23 through the night of July 25, 1877.
Each year, however, Irish from all over the San Francisco Bay Area come into San Francisco to march in or to see the Saint Patrick's Day parade march down Market Street, held the Sunday before Saint Patrick's Day. Numerous people from all ethnic groups can be seen wearing green in San Francisco on Saint Patrick's Day. [citation needed]
The San Francisco Irish, 1848–1880. Chen, Yong (2002). Chinese San Francisco, 1850–1943: A Trans-Pacific Community. Cordova, Cary (2017). The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Politics in San Francisco. Daniels, Douglas Henry (1980). Pioneer Urbanites: A Social and Cultural History of Black San Francisco. University of California Press.
Jasper O'Farrell (1817–1875) was an Irish-American politician who served as the first surveyor for San Francisco. He designed the "grand promenade" that became today's Market Street. O'Farrell Street in San Francisco is named after him. [1]
The Irish designer, Kitty MacCormack of the Dublin-based Dun Emer Guild, was commissioned to design and create vestments for the Church in 1923. [3] In 1968, the church became a San Francisco landmark. Later on, as the redevelopment of the Yerba Buena area occurred, the church remained unchanged as its surroundings were transforming into a ...
Richard Dwyer, of Scituate, wears an Irish sweater that he has had since the 1960s, during an event about the Scituate St. Patrick's Day Parade's history led by parade Chairman Ed Kelley at the ...
Take a look back at what happened this week in Mohawk Valley history.
Peter Donahue (January 11, 1822 - November 26, 1885), was an Irish American businessman and Industrial pioneer. He and his brothers James and Michael are considered the founders of industrial San Francisco. Born in Glasgow, Scotland of Northern Irish parents, his family moved to Paterson, New Jersey when he and his brothers were young. It was ...