Washington Association Of New Jersey Plans Annual Meeting

Morristown NJ

01 February, 2022

12:08 PM

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Press release from WANJ: Feb. 1, 2022 Washington Association of New Jersey Annual Meeting and Luncheon with Speaker Niall O'Dowd -The Irish in the American Revolution 11:30 am, Monday, February 21, 2022 Washington Association of New Jersey presents its Annual Meeting & Luncheon to be held on President's Day, February 21, 2022, celebrating George Washington's birthday. Members and the public are invited to attend. Each year since 1887, a distinguished scholar or political leader has presented an Annual Address. The speakers have included: Woodrow Wilson, Douglas Southall Freeman, and most recently, Governor Thomas Kean. This year's speaker is Niall O'Dowd. His new book, George Washington and the Irish: Incredible Stories of the Irish Spies, Soldiers, and Workers Who Helped Free America will be released in February and will be available for sale at the event. O'Dowd, a history graduate of University College Dublin, is a native of Tipperary, Ireland, and emigrated to the United States in 1979 and started his first newspaper in San Francisco the following year. He is the Founder and Editor of Irish Voice Newspaper, Irish America Magazine, and IrishCentral.com the largest Irish me­dia site outside Ireland with 3 million monthly users. O'Dowd played a major role in the Irish Peace Process acting on behalf of the Clin­ton White House as chief negotiator with Sinn Fein and the IRA. His role was the subject of a book, Daring Diplomacy which was also covered as a PBS documentary and a Washington Post Magazine article. He received an honorary degree from University College Dublin for his work as well as Ireland's greatest Diaspora award the 'Presidential Distinguished Services Award.' He has written five books. The Annual Meeting and Luncheon will also feature performances by musicians Gloria Bangiola (soprano), Keith Wood (piper), Michele Mountain (harpist) and Sam Davis, a Geoge Washington re-enactor. The Washington Association of New Jersey (WANJ) was founded to care for the Ford Mansion (Washington's Headquarters 1779-1780) in Morristown which it bought at auction from Ford family descendants in 1873. Since donating the Ford Mansion to the National Parks in 1933, the WANJ has continued as the "Friends' Organization" for Morristown National Historical Park. Tickets are available at www.wanj.org/irish-contribution-american-revolution or by calling 973-292-1874. The deadline for ticket purchases is February 10, 2022. For more information, please contact Rosemary Hilbert at [email protected] or at 973-292-1874. This press release was produced by WANJ. The views expressed here are the author's own.