Irish America
"I'm not ready to give up on the anthem and the ritual of standing while its played." During operation desert storm, after Iraq’s Republican Guard had been forced out of Kuwait, my brigade set up a checkpoint on the only highway from Kuwait to Baghdad. We established a medical treatment facility and raised the American flag. It was a signal to the oppressed … [Read more...] about Last Word: 90 Seconds Together
The Rocky Mountain Irish Roots Collective presents a virtual history session InSights & InPerson~Connections: Irish Immigrants in Early Denver Tuesday, March 16th, 7:00 pm MST - Zoom Conferencing, $3.00 members, $5.00 general public Join Curatorial Services and Collections Access staff at History Colorado Center as we host Dr. James Walsh, an Associate Clinical … [Read more...] about The History of Early Irish Immigrants in Denver
An Irish immigrant family is moving into 97 Orchard Street in the Lower East Side of New York City, but it won't be having visitors until May 2005. That's because this is the address of the Tenement Museum, a National Historic Site, which exhibits apartments of immigrant families that once lived in the building. The Moore family lived on the premises back in 1869, and today … [Read more...] about Irish Family Comes to
Tenement Museum
Floating Museum Shows Irish-Americans What Ancestors Encountered. In 1848 it would cost you $5.50 to cross the Atlantic from Ireland on the sailing ship Jeanie Johnston. That fare represented half a year's wages for an Irish laborer hoping to start a new life in America. Today, for $7.00 you can buy a ticket to visit the Jeanie Johnston replica, a floating museum, while it … [Read more...] about Jeanie Johnston Makes Her Way Up The East Coast
June 1, 1907: Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. ℘℘℘ My grandfather Phillip L. McQuillan, one of the early plumbing and heating engineers, celebrated his Irish-American patriotism by participating in the 1907 Memorial Day Parade in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. The sign on the side of the wagon reads "P.L. McQuillan, Good Plumbing." Two of his twelve children, Ruth and Frances, are tiding … [Read more...] about Irish on Parade
