A Fighting 69th flag carried by the Irish Brigade in numerous battles during the American Civil War was flown by members of the mob who attacked the Capitol in Washington on January 6th. The flag is ...

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ENANDS, N.Y. -- A dozen veterans of the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry spent a snowy Sunday morning, March 10 honoring Irish-American Civil War veterans buried at two ...

Gettysburg (WHTM) It’s not the largest monument on the Gettysburg battlefield, but it catches the eye like few others. On Sickles Avenue in the southern part of the Gettysburg National Military Park, ...

The Irish potato famine killed thousands and drove more than 1 million people to emigrate, many to the United States. Thomas Meagher became a part of the Irish diaspora after leading an unsuccessful ...

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York is 14 years older than our country, dating to 1762. The parade’s line of march is traditionally led by the honor guard of the 69th Regiment of the New York ...

Civil War buffs and the Irish-American community have probably heard of Thomas Francis Meagher. Renee Montagne talks to New York Times columnist Timothy Egan about his book The Immortal Irishman. In ...

While it was common in Europe to grant general absolution to soldiers going into battle, this was the first time it had ever occurred in the United States. Marla Venable, CC BY-SA 4.0 (photo: ...