April 23 is St. George’s Day, started i

April 23 is St. George’s Day, started in 1222. In 1776, John Adams heard from his barber how the divisions of patriots and loyalists affected Philadelphia. “This is St. Georges Day, a festival celebrated by the English, as Saint Patrick’s is by the Irish, . . . The natives of old England formed a society . . & had a great feast. But the times and politics have made a schism so that part of them are to meet and dine at the City Tavern and the other at the Bunch of Grapes. One set are staunch Americans, another staunch Britons. I suppose, and a third neutral Beings — for such is the division among men upon all occasions and every question.” http://ow.ly/i/elCCr