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>======================================================= >==== >IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST >www.irishfreedomcommittee.net >----------------------------- > >Subject: James Wilson Commemoration TOMORROW >Date: 12 06 02 > >Please join the Providence Rhode Island Chapter of the >Irish Freedom >Committee this weekend for a day-long commemoration of >Fenian James >Wilson, who along with 5 others escaped a British >penal camp in >Australia aboard the whaler "Catalpa". James Wilson >spent 45 years in >Rhode Island, and is buried in Pawtuckett, Rhode >Island. > >The day's events will feature: >· A blessing of the grave, and a gravesite oration by >Irish Freedom >Committee representative Seoirse McLaughlin; >· Poetry readings, sean nosc singing and traditional >Irish music; >· Lecture and symposium by Peter Stevens, author of >"Voyage of the >Catalpa", followed by a book signing; >· Video presentation of "The Life and Times of James >Wilson of Central >Falls" by Dick Tierney; >· Unveiling of the James Wilson exhibit at Central >Falls Museum. > >For further details or a complete schedule go HERE: >http://members.freespeech.org/irishpows/bb3/james_wilso >n_flier.htm > > >The Irish Freedom Committee® >www.irishfreedomcommittee.net >************************************************ >Announcement from SEARCHING FOR JAMES WILSON >ROUNDTABLE: > > Thanks to Don Twohig at the Central Falls >Library, we now have a >link to James Wilson's life story at the library's >website, >www.cflibrary.com . Here are a few images of the work >he has begun, >along with a reminder of the upcoming commemoration >and >lecture/book-signing at the library. Maire Concannon >will definitely be >there to sing "The Soldier's Song" in Irish and >English at the graveside >commemoration and "The Fenians' Escape" at the >Lecture. > We have an added attraction: my son, Tomas and >daughter, Aine will >be playing two traditional tunes on the tin whistle as >a tribute to a >great Irish-American! > If you are coming, get there on time since the >hall holds only 70 >people. By the way, if you absolutely cannot come, you >can still help by >sending a donation to the Search for James Wilson Fund >at the Central >Falls Public Library, 210 Central Street, Central >Falls, Rhode Island >02863. > >Slan go foill! >Le meas, >Seoirse McLaughlin > >************************************************ >Central Falls Library, Providence RI - "Searching for >James Wilson, >Fenian" >http://www.cflibrary.com/wilson.htm > >************************************************ >For more information, media coverage, or a copy of the >day's schedule of >events go HERE: >http://members.freespeech.org/irishpows/bb3/james_wilso >n_flier.htm > >************************************************ >© The Irish Freedom Committee® NewsList - IFC Updates > >Permission to re-publish any article from this post is >granted provided >signature is attached and the active link back to this >site is included. > >To Subscribe to this list send an email to >IFCnews-subscribe@topica.com >with >SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. > >To view Archives, follow HELP instructions or email >deemail@msn.com for >assistance. >************************************************

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