A Thank You from Mickey

The following is a forwarded message from our very own Mickey Abbott - Thanks Mick!

Special Thanks!

This past year I inherited the job of getting our AOH Division 32 to march in Carnegie's Memorial Day Parade on Sunday, May 28th. It was our goal to march with all 32 County Flags of Ireland along with our float.

I realized because it was a holiday weekend a lot of members had plans to spend the day with family. But I hoped to get 40 out of our 150 members to sacrifice a couple of hours so our division would not be embarrassed. Although we did not get 40 members, we were able to pull it off because many of the marchers carried 2 flags!

*Keith Abbott (visiting from Florida), *George Bado (brother-in-law of Bernie Donnelly), *Ed Blank (will become a member of our division in September), Joe Byrne, Bill Delaney, Bernie Donnelly, Jim Kearns, Denny Maher, Pat McCann, Dennis Murphy, Jim Nolan, Jim O’Connell (came right after Bishop Canevin’s graduation and brought the float), *Erin (Jr. AOH Division), *Neil (Jr. AOH Division), Mike Finnerty, Mark Pritchard, Shag Shaugnessy, Father O’Shea, Tom Welch, Dennis McQuaide, *Tom McQuaide (Dennis’ son and Jr. AOH Division member), *Jason (future son-in-law of Dennis McQuaide) and *Rich Zanie (friend of Bernie Donnelly).

*Denotes non-members of AOH Division 32

Thank You,
Mickey Abbott