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2023 America-Ireland Youth Conference

IA Newsletter, May 27, 2023

May 23, 2023 by Leave a Comment

The 2nd America-Ireland Conference "Creating Waves" takes place virtually from June 2nd to June 4th. The New York Irish Center will host the 2nd “America-Ireland Youth Conference." The all-virtual trans-Atlantic event brings together policymakers, educators, and students from Ireland and the US, who take part in panel discussions on urgent global topics moderated by … [Read more...] about 2023 America-Ireland Youth Conference

IRELAND TODAY 2022

May 13, 2022 by Leave a Comment

New York Irish Center's Inaugural Youth Conference “Ireland Today 2022” May 20-22 The New York Irish Center hosts “Ireland Today 2022" - The Inaugural America-Ireland Youth Conference” which takes place virtually beginning on Friday, May 20th to Sunday, May 22nd. Ireland Today brings together policymakers, educators, and students from Ireland and the US for a live-stream … [Read more...] about IRELAND TODAY 2022

May 30, 1971

Murphy wearing the U.S. Army khaki "Class A" uniform with full-size medals, 1948. — Murphy wearing the U.S. Army khaki “Class A” uniform with full-size medals, 1948.

Audie Murphy, the most decorated combat soldier of World War II, died tragically on this day in a plane crash. He was 46. Audie, one of 9 children, was born on June 20, 1924, near the town of Kingston, Texas. “We were share-crop farmers,” he wrote. “And to say that the family was poor would be an understatement. Poverty dogged our every step.” When he was 18, Audie enlisted in the army. The slight, freckle-faced kid was turned down by the Marines and the paratroopers before the infantry took him. He went on to earn 21 medals for bravery and the Congressional Medal of Honor. He is buried in Arlington Cemetery.

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