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SUMMARY:IMMIGRANT SHIP WRECKS TALK AT IRISH SOCIETY
DESCRIPTION:IRISH HISTORY ON LONG ISLAND AT IRISH SOCIETY MEETING\nThe
  next meeting of the Irish Cultural Society brings one of the region'
 s top historians to the stage of the Garden City Public Library.  Th
 e meeting will be held at the Garden City Public Library, 60 Seventh S
 treet, across the street from the Garden City Hotel, on Wednesday, Mar
 ch 8 at 7:30 p.m. The meeting is free and open to the public.\n \n 
 It is too true that we are often unaware of the history right under ou
 r own feet. How many of us are unaware of a mass grave, including many
  Irish immigrants, in nearby Lynbrook? The tragedy of the wrecks of t
 he vessels the Bristol and the Mexico is the subject of our guest spea
 ker's talk at this meeting. Arthur Matson's topic is \"A Landmark Even
 t in Irish American History: The Wrecks of the Bristol and the Mexico.
 \" Mr. Matson has written a book, Water and Ice, about the tragic wrec
 ks in 1837 which claimed the lives of 215 passengers, most of them Iri
 sh immigrants.\n​\nArt Matson is the Village Historian of the Villag
 e of Lynbrook. He holds an annual ceremony with the AOH at the Rockvil
 le Cemetery to honor the lost souls of this avoidable tragedy. Mr. Mat
 son will make a dramatic subject even more compelling with a PowerPoin
 t presentation.\n \nSociety president Clare Curtin will invite the au
 dience to march with the Society on Sunday, March 5 at the St. Patrick
 ’s Day Parade in Mineola.  Marchers will assemble at noon behind th
 e courts near the intersection of County Courthouse Road and Old Count
 ry Road to march north on Mineola Boulevard to Jericho Turnpike.  Sh
 e will suggest that marchers dress warmly for this earliest of St. Pat
 rick Day parades.\n\n\nFor more information visit https://thewildgeese
 .irish/events/immigrant-ship-wrecks-talk-at-irish-society
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CATEGORIES:lecture
LOCATION:Garden City Library
WEBSITE:http://irish-society.org
URL:http://irish-society.org
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER;CN="John M. Walsh":https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JohnMW
 alsh
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