In the nearly 150 year history of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the United States Highest award âconspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of dutyâ, only 19 men have been awarded the medal twice. Among them is Marine Sergeant Major Daniel Daly, one of only two marines to receive the Medal of Honor Twice for separate acts of … [Read more...] about Sergent Major Dan Daly “The fightinest Marine”
Padraig Pearse
This year marks the 95th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising. Despite such a milestone anniversary, it seems to have passed by with little recognition. Perhaps this is because some of the âpolitically correctâ insist on drawing parallels between the action of April/May 1916 and unrest in our present day world. One has only to look at the ideological leader of the rising, … [Read more...] about Padraig Pearse
Presidents Message for March 2…
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March is Irish American Herita…
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Edward “Butch” O’Hare
The commentator Walter Winchell paid tribute to the patriotism and courage of Irish Americans during his St. Patrickâs Day broadcast of 1945 observing: âYou canât strike the American Flag without expecting to get hit back by some Irishman.â Perhaps Winchell was thinking of the uncertain days when an ill prepared America was thrust into a World War by the sneak attack by the … [Read more...] about Edward “Butch” O’Hare