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Date Posted: Tue, Apr 24 2007, 19:14:00 PDT
Author: Irish Freedom Committee
Subject: Easter Commemoration Report - Chicago

IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE
http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net

EASTER COMMEMORATION REPORT, CHICAGO
Monday April 23, 2007

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Chicago Easter Commemoration Report
Monday April 23, 2007

On Sunday April 22 2007 the Charlie Kerins Cumann of the Irish Freedom
Committee held a commemoration of the 91st anniversary of the 1916
Easter
Rebellion at Murphy�s Pub in Forest Park, IL.

The lively and successful event brought in a great crowd on a gorgeous
day
after weeks of cold and rain. Many new faces and many not seen in a
long
time came out on a day perhaps spent at the lake or the parks. With the
pub doors wide-open famed Chicago balladeer Steve Fitzgerald belted out
rebel tunes one after the other and entertained the crowd with his
notorious banter.

The pub was filled with emblems of Ireland�s history for the event.
On
stage, beneath the tri-color and American flag, two oversize copies of
the
1916 Easter Proclamation were positioned. Large black and white photos
of
the civil rights victims of Bloody Sunday, massacred by British Army
snipers 35 years ago this January, were placed against the walls around
the pub. These photos were previously carried by members of Chicago�s
Charlie Kerins Cumann in the 2007 Irish Freedom Committee march at
Chicago�s downtown Saint Patrick�s Day parade. Educational fliers
on the
history of the Bloody Sunday massacre, and a history of the 1916 Easter
Rebellion, were also distributed.

A packed bar signed stacks of cards for Irish Republican political
prisoners, after hearing the sobering reports of present conditions for
POWs at Maghaberry. Attendees at the event took home Action Requests to
send letters and emails to the NIO and NIPS (Prisons Service) to
protest
the brutal treatment of the POWs over Easter Week. Educational fliers
asking for action on the repatriation of Irish Republican POW Noel
Maguire
to Ireland were also distributed.

Following a report from Deirdre Fennessy on the recent news from
Maghaberry prison, a statement from the Maghaberry POWs to IFC
supporters
in America was read out, along with statements from the republican
movement in Ireland. Cards from the POWs to the IFC were also shared
with
the crowd. Colm Mist�il read out the 1916 Proclamation, and then a
raffle
for Irish Republican memorabilia and craftwork was held, with all
proceeds
going direct to the families of Irish Republican POWs.

Steve Fitzgerald�s energetic performance continued well into the
afternoon, to the delight of all. Departing guests congratulated the
IFC
on an enjoyable and successful event and all agreed it was an afternoon
well spent! We look forward to another successful event in the near
future.

- Charlie Kerins Cumann, Irish Freedom Committee
Chicago, IL

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