Posted in Strategic plan

Strategic Plan – March 15, 2022

Our strategic plan follows recommendations from NY National Director Tim McSweeney• Set goals• Hunger Project – Bart• Charities – Greg and Rich• Present excerpts from the Constitution and Blue Book for knowledge transfer and defining roles – why the meeting…

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Posted in Events

Gaelic Mass March 14, 2022

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Posted in Events

St. Patrick’s Day 2022 – Greg Gibbons at Antartica

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Posted in Historian

Irish American Heritage Month 2022

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Posted in Veterans

Monthly Veteran’s Report (March 2022)

AOH Veterans Report (March 2022) National: DoD and the VA need to identify our next national cemetery that affords full military honors; this effort could be the impetus for grandfathering all those currently eligible for Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) as…

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Posted in Historian

St. Patrick’s Boys – Mike Eggleston

St. Patrick’s Boys & the Founding of the Ancient Order of Hibernians           “If attacks against Catholics and our churches don’t stop, we’ll burn the city,” said the head of the St. Patrick’s Boys to the mayor of New York…

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Minutes of the February 14, 2022 Meeting

Highlights of the Meeting: Changes to the calendar including the addition of new events were discussed. The division will participate in the Manassas St. Patrick’s Day parade on 12 March. The need for improvements in our AOH recruiting were discussed…

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Calendar Update – Pete Hawkins

February 4 Beer Tasting Fundraiser; Old Town Sports Pub (OTSP); 7:30 pm Dan O’Leary Fundraiser5 Lt. Col. John Dowd LOAH St Bridgit Gala; 6:30-10:30 pm Greg Rebbert Social8 Officer Meeting; Club Room; 7:30 pm Pat Sullivan Organization12 Raffle ticket sales…

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Posted in President Message

President’s Report February 2022- Pat Sullivan

Speak to Friendship from the Shamrock Degree: The Chairman of the Standing Committee speaks from the Fount of Friendship: “Strangers, it affords me pleasure to gratify your desire for knowledge. Friendship is an affection which prompts us to make the…

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Molly Maguires – Mike Eggleston

The Molly Maguires or Ribbonmen as they were called were a violent group that opposed the oppression of tenants by landlords in Ireland. When they immigrated to America and the coal fields of Pennsylvania their opponents changed to the coal…

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