i HAVE NOT BEEN TO THIS MUSEUM.iS THERE CONVENIENT PARKING? THANKS Mimi----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 12:27 AM Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Fwd: Irish American Museum Announcement -Reading of Easter Proclamation of 1... > > > > > ____________________________________ > From: [email protected] > Sent: 4/6/2012 6:28:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time > Subj: Irish American Museum Announcement - Reading of Easter Proclamation > of 1916 > > > >> Irish American Heritage Museum >> “Your Heritage…Pass it on.” >> 370 Broadway >> Albany, NY 12207 >> PH: 518-427-1916 * Email: [email protected]_ > (mailto:[email protected]) >> _www.irishamericanheritagemuseum.org_ > (http://www.irishamericanheritagemuseum.org/) >> >> Assemblyman Jack McEneny to read Ireland’s “Easter Proclamation” >> at New Irish American Heritage Museum in Albany >> >> ALBANY, NY: In keeping with the Irish American Heritage Museum’s mission > of education, Albany resident, State Assembly Member, and historian Jack > McEneny will read “The Proclamation of the Republic” (“The 1916 > Proclamation > ” or “Easter Proclamation”) commemorating the date in Irish history that > lead to the “Easter Rising” in Ireland’s march to independence. > Assemblyman McEneny’s reading will be at 11:00 a.m. on Easter Monday > morning, April > 9, at the Museum at 370 Broadway, Albany. >> >> The historic 11-sentence proclamation of Irish Independence was > originally read 96 years ago on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, by Patrick > Pearse on > the steps of the General Post Office on what was then Sackville Street > and > is now O’Connell Street in Dublin, the city’s main thoroughfare. The > proclamation, signed by seven Irish leaders seeking independence from > Briton, > and its public reading marked the beginning of the Rising. >> >> One of the Proclamation’s seven signers was James Connolly, who > emigrated from Ireland and lived for a time in Troy, NY, before returning > to > Ireland to join in Ireland’s move to independence. He is honored in Troy > with a > monument in his memory in Riverfront Park. The other leaders who signed > the > Proclamation were Thomas J. Clarke, Seán Mac Diarmada, Thomas MacDonagh, > Patrick H. Pearse, Éamonn Ceannt, and Joseph Plunkett. >> >> ABOUT THE IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM >> >> The Museum is unique in the United States, where almost 40 million > people claim Irish ancestry. The Museum is committed to the tenet that > preserving one’s heritage is vital to providing a cultural and historical > foundation > to future generations of Americans. >> >> The Irish American Heritage Museum was created by New York State > Legislation in 1986 and permanently chartered by the New York State > Education > Department in 1992 as a 501c3 non-profit educational institution. The > Museum’s > mission is to preserve and tell the story of the contributions of the > Irish > people and their culture in America, inspiring individuals to examine the > importance of their own heritage as part of the American cultural > mosaic. > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website > for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2409/4918 - Release Date: 04/06/12 >