Commercialism was not an invention of the 20th Century. There was money to be made from Fenian supporters. This ad for Fenian's Pride chewing tobacco appeared in the New York Irish-American newspaper on St. Patrick's Day 1866 (New York Irish American)

Commercialism was not an invention of the 20th Century. There was money to be made from Fenian supporters. This ad for Fenian’s Pride chewing tobacco appeared in the New York Irish-American newspaper on St. Patrick’s Day 1866 (New York Irish American)