Thus did St. Patrick arrive in America. The hospitality extended on these shores to Irish immigrants has been from the start richly repaid. both in mass and by individual contributions to American history. The very first skirmish in what was to be the opening of the Revolution memorializes the name of Gen. John Sullivan. Born at Somersworth. N.H.. he was the son of an immigrant from Limerick. Elected a delegate to the First Continental Congress In 1774. he was back in New Hampshire in time to receive Paul Reveres warning of a British threat. whereupon he rallied a band of local patriots which assailed and captured Fort William and Mary at the entrance of Portsmouth Harbor and seized 100 barrels of gunpowder. Elected a Member of the Second Continental Congress. in July 1775. he was commissioned brigadier general.
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