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In what has become a celebrated annual, pre-St Patrick’s Day tradition, Glucksman Ireland House NYU hosted its Gala on March 3 in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Among the distinguished guests gathered to honor this year’s Honorees were Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States, H.E. Geraldine Byrne Nason; Loretta Brennan Glucksman, Chair of the Advisory Board of Glucksman Ireland … [Read more...] about Glucksman Ireland House NYU Honors Four Outstanding Irish and Irish American Leaders 

On March 16, 1780, General George Washington declared that the following day, March 17, would be a holiday for his tired, cold and hungry continental army troops as they camped in Morristown, NJ. They had been through a difficult and long campaign, going months without a day off – not even Christmas – and enduring the coldest and snowiest East Coast winter on record, with 28 … [Read more...] about St. Patrick’s Day: A Celebration of Immigration