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Celebrate Irish Heritage Month 2025

IA Newsletter, February 22, 2025

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Music and Parades Around the United States It would not be Irish Heritage Month without Irish music and parades to celebrate. For the past 34 years, Brendan Dunphy has compiled a list of festivities from Ireland to New York, to San Francisco. It does not matter where you live, Brendan has found a place to help you celebrate Irish Heritage month and St. Patrick's Day. You can … [Read more...] about Celebrate Irish Heritage Month 2025

St. Patrick’s Day 2022

By Mary Cucinell and Roisin Chapman
IA Newsletter February 26, 2022

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The beginning of March is bringing with it a new outlook, the world is returning to 'normal.'  As part of that 'normal', St. Patrick's Day parades and celebrations will be back from the east to the west coasts. St. Patrick's Day 2020 fell in the midst of chaos as American citizens began panic buying toilet paper and hand santizer as the country went into lockdown. A year … [Read more...] about St. Patrick’s Day 2022

Last Word: 90 Seconds Together

By Martin E. Dempsey
Summer 2021

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"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 population of … [Read more...] about Last Word: 90 Seconds Together