| Irish Freedom Committee Easter Commemoration, Chicago |
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IRSCNA Commemoration at 10;00 AM - Connolly Statue, Union Park, Chicago |
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IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE NEWSLIST http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net Sunday, March 20, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Irish Freedom Committee to honor the 95th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising at a commemoration breakfast event in Chicago on Saturday April 23, 2011. --------- (CHICAGO) 95 years ago in Dublin, on Easter Monday, April 24th 1916; a small band of brave volunteers took on the might of the British army to proclaim a Sovereign and Independent Ireland. Two years later, in the only all-Ireland election in Ireland's history, the majority of the Irish people voted overwhelmingly to remove the British presence from Ireland. Today, 95 years on, Ireland still remains divided and occupied by a foreign military force. On Saturday April 23, 2011, the Irish Freedom Committee will remember the extraordinary events of Easter 1916 and continue the call for a United, Sovereign and All-Ireland Republic free of British rule. The commemoration will take place from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM at Ginger's Ale House, 3801 N. Ashland Avenue, in Chicago. Musical guest is renowned South-side Chicago balladeer Joe Monahan. Statements from the Irish republican movement in Ireland will be presented, and the Proclamation of Ireland - read aloud on the steps of the GPO on Easter Monday 1916 by Padraig Pearse - will be recited. Your donation of $20 at the door includes a full traditional Irish breakfast. A raffle with prizes including Irish republican prison-made crafts will be held with all proceeds going directly to the families of Irish republican political prisoners, whose numbers continue to swell under the so-called "Peace Process". Speakers will present urgent news sent from the republican prisoners currently interned at Maghaberry Jail, detailing brutal forced strip-searches and violent assaults occurring on a near-daily basis at that prison. A petition to International human rights organizations will also be circulated at this event, calling for independent legal and medical observers to visit the jail and document conditions there. Irish republican merchandise including books, tee shirts and badges will be on sale; with all proceeds direct to the prisoners' families. The IFC Easter Commemoration will follow a wreath laying and commemoration by the Irish Republican Socialist Committee of North America at the James Connolly monument in Union Park, Ashland Avenue at Washington Street, which commences at 10:00 AM. All are encouraged to also attend the IRSCNA event. The Irish Freedom Committee® is a legally incorporated Not-for-Profit organization dedicated to education and to the direct support of families and dependents of Irish Republican political prisoners. The Irish Freedom Committee does not support or endorse any banned or proscribed foreign agency, or any foreign political party, but is a fully U.S. based organization. CONTACT INFORMATION: Deirdre Fennessy, 312-560-9311 saoirse@irishfreedomcommittee.net The Irish Freedom Committee, Inc. http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net ### ###
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