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ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS - DIVISION 51
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Support Our Veterans
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GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. - Lee Greenwood
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HIBERNIAN HUNGER PROJECT
6TH ANNUAL SPRING
FILL THE CART - HELP A VET IN NEED COLLECTION 
FRIDAY - MAY
14TH, 2010 - 6 PM TO 10 PM SATURDAY - MAY 15TH, 2010 (VETERANS DAY) - 10 AM TO 6 PM
SUNDAY -
MAY 16TH, 2010 - 12 NOON TO 6 PM
PORT RICHMOND THRIFTWAY
ARAMINGO AVENUE & YORK STREET All proceeds from this collection will benefit
the Philadelphia Veterans Multi-Service & Education Center, Inc., which on a daily basis feeds and otherwise assists between
75 - 100 homeless veterans. Items
collected include: « Canned Goods - vegetables, fruits, soups, gravies,
meats, fish, etc. « Packaged
Goods - rice, pasta, oatmeal, stuffing, etc. «
Personal Grooming Items - disposable razors, shave cream, bar soap, shampoo, toothpaste, tooth brushes,
combs, deodorant, etc. « Cash
Donations In the past four years we have collected in excess of fifty (50) shopping carts
of food, etc., over 300 coats, sweaters, etc. and raised over $7,500 in cash to benefit the center. We do this through two
collections a year, one in the Spring around Armed Forces weekend, and the other in the Fall just before Thanksgiving. Each
year the Tuesday before Thanksgiving Division 51 members help serve a complete, hot Thanksgiving Dinner to more than 200 homeless
Vets and the Veterans Center.
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/ LEFT: BOB KEE, PHIL BOWDREN, AND BOB BAILEY OF THE POLISH POLICE ASSOCIATION TOP / RIGHT: LAOH 51 PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR LAURA KELLY, AOH
51 FINANCIAL SECRETARY BILL RAGEN AND JIMMY LAVEN BOTTOM / LEFT: AOH 51 VICE PRESIDENT JIM "SHOW ME THE MONEY" KINGSMILL BOTTOM / RIGHT: LISA O'HARA, DAVE O'HARA, AOH 51 FINANCIAL SECRETARY
BILL RAGEN AND JIMMY LAVEN
TOP: LYNNE SHANE AND PHIL
BOWDREN BOTTOM:
PHIL BOWDREN, AOH 51 PRESIDENT JAY McCARRIE, AOH 51 MARSHAL JOE GILLESPIE AND AOH 51 FINANCIAL SECRETARY BILL RAGEN
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On Saturday, October 2nd 2004, the Philadelphia
Irish - American community gathered to honor an Irish born Medal of Honor recipient; who for over 90 years rested in an unmarked
grave in a Philadelphia cemetery. Corporal Thomas F. Prendergast was born in
Waterford, Ireland in 1871. He immigrated to the United States (Massachusetts) and joined the United States Marine Corps.
While serving in the Philippine Insurrection Campaign (1899 - 1902) his actions earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor,
our Nation’s highest award for valor. Corporal Prendergast died in a Philadelphia
Hospital in 1913 and was buried in a borrowed grave in Greenwood Cemetery in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. Medal of Honor Citation: CONGRESSIONAL
MEDAL OF HONOR PRENDERGAST,
THOMAS FRANCIS Rank and Organization:
Corporal U.S. Marine Corps G.O. Navy Department No. 55, July 19, 1901. For distinguished conduct in the presence
of the enemy in battle while with the Eight Army Corps, 25 27, 29 March, and 4 April 1899 (Philippines Insurrection Campaign).
Born April 2, 1871, Waterford, Ireland. Died April 26, 1913, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The dedication ceremony was organized by the Philadelphia Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, in cooperation
with the Friends of Greenwood Cemetery organization. Over 150 people attended the ceremony, including Honor Guards from the
United States Marine Corps., the American Legion, the Cape May County Police & Fire Emerald Society, and A.O.H. / L.A.O.H.
Division 51 - Fishtown. The Philadelphia Police Department Honor Guard provided a Firing Team and Bugler, and the Philadelphia
Emerald Pipe Band (A.O.H. Division 46) provider pipers. Brother Leonard Rhoads F.S.C., Deputy Chaplain
of Division 51, sprinkled Irish soil on the Corporal’s grave, and blessed the grave with Holy Water from the Shrine
of Our Lady of Knock in Ireland. Philadelphia County A.O.H. Marshal Phil Bowdren served as Master of Ceremonies for the dedication. Following the ceremony, a representative of the Medal of Honor Society asked if the Philadelphia
A.O.H. would help them with getting headstones on the graves of five other Medal of Honor recipients that are buried in Philadelphia
cemeteries. Division 51 Vice President Jim Kingsmill and Phil Bowdren are assisting the Medal of Honor Society with this project.
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| DEDICATION OF HEADSTONE OF CPL. THOMAS F. PRENDERGAST, U.S.M.C. - MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT |
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