[NEohioPAL] Free Tour of Soldiers and Sailors Monument Thursday 9/22 at 5:00 pm

[MargLynch at aol.com]

The Irish American Archives Society is sponsoring a FREE tour of Soldiers  
and Sailors Monument:

Thursday, September 22, 2011

5:00-6:00 pm Soldiers and Sailors Monument, 3 Public Square, Cleveland,  
Ohio 44114
·         Tour with  emphasis on the Irish contribution to the Civil War 
and remarks by the Hon. Ken  Callahan
·         $5 parking in BP  garage (320 Superior Avenue East 44114); 
coupons available at monument  tour.

6:00-7:30 pm Social Hour at Flannery's Pub, 323 E. Prospect, Cleveland,  
Ohio 44115
·         Free appetizers  with Happy Hour prices for drinks.
 

A monument to honor veterans of the Civil War was first proposed in  1879 
by Irish-born William J.  Gleason, a veteran who worked in the  composing 
room of The Plain Dealer.  When Gleason and a group of veterans  selected the 
southeast quadrant of Public Square as their preferred site, they  soon found 
out that powerful commercial interests in the city were thinking  about 
continuing the Euclid Avenue street car line through that quadrant.   The 
conflict between those competing visions for the city center took time to  
resolve.  The monument was finally dedicated in 1894.  If you haven’t  had a 
chance to visit the Soldiers and Sailors Monument since its grand  re-opening in 
June 2010, join us for an inside look at one of Cleveland’s iconic  
structures. 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.neohiopal.org/pipermail/neohiopal-neohiopal.org/attachments/20110919/e7f8d49f/attachment-0003.htm>