Sunday, March 28, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Irish in America Topic of March 18th Brown Bag Lunch
Irish in America Topic of March 18th Brown Bag Lunch
CANTON – Want to extend your St. Patrick’s Day celebration an extra day? Then join Ron Semple for his noontime Brown Bag Lunch program A Study in Green: The Irish in Our Midst, on Thursday, March 18th at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House, 3 East Main St., Canton.
Semple will trace the journey of the Irish in America from the trickle in colonial days, through the flood touched off by the devastating Irish famine in the mid-19th century, through the Civil War that brought them glory but not acceptance, to their long delayed assimilation in the mid-20th century.
Ron Semple is a retired newspaperman and a member of the board of trustees of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. He is also the descendent of Irish immigrants who arrived in America in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
Nowadays, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. It wasn’t always so. Semple notes that the Protestant Irish assimilated swiftly upon arrival but their Catholic compatriots, who formed the vast majority of immigrants, faced attitudes ranging from mild hostility to resolute hate.
According to Semple, the Irish formed their own communities, established their own churches, schools and institutions, and managed to be both prominent and isolated as they stubbornly made their way upwards in an American society that simultaneously grew more tolerant.
Now, Semple says, most Americans probably don’t know or care that Vice President Joe Biden is both Irish and Catholic.
In the 2000 census, 16 percent of the residents of St. Lawrence County identified themselves as Irish. That was more than any other ethnic group in the county except for the French who, as Semple points out, got there first.
The talk will begin at noon on March 18th, the day after St. Patrick’s Day, in the County Gallery of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House, 3 E. Main St., Canton. The public is welcome to this free program; those attending may bring their lunch. Coffee, tea, and light refreshments will be provided.
Parking is available in back of the SLCHA, next to the main entrance to the museum. For more information, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Visit the SLCHA’s website www.slcha.org for more information on St. Lawrence County history.
CANTON – Want to extend your St. Patrick’s Day celebration an extra day? Then join Ron Semple for his noontime Brown Bag Lunch program A Study in Green: The Irish in Our Midst, on Thursday, March 18th at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House, 3 East Main St., Canton.
Semple will trace the journey of the Irish in America from the trickle in colonial days, through the flood touched off by the devastating Irish famine in the mid-19th century, through the Civil War that brought them glory but not acceptance, to their long delayed assimilation in the mid-20th century.
Ron Semple is a retired newspaperman and a member of the board of trustees of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. He is also the descendent of Irish immigrants who arrived in America in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
Nowadays, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. It wasn’t always so. Semple notes that the Protestant Irish assimilated swiftly upon arrival but their Catholic compatriots, who formed the vast majority of immigrants, faced attitudes ranging from mild hostility to resolute hate.
According to Semple, the Irish formed their own communities, established their own churches, schools and institutions, and managed to be both prominent and isolated as they stubbornly made their way upwards in an American society that simultaneously grew more tolerant.
Now, Semple says, most Americans probably don’t know or care that Vice President Joe Biden is both Irish and Catholic.
In the 2000 census, 16 percent of the residents of St. Lawrence County identified themselves as Irish. That was more than any other ethnic group in the county except for the French who, as Semple points out, got there first.
The talk will begin at noon on March 18th, the day after St. Patrick’s Day, in the County Gallery of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House, 3 E. Main St., Canton. The public is welcome to this free program; those attending may bring their lunch. Coffee, tea, and light refreshments will be provided.
Parking is available in back of the SLCHA, next to the main entrance to the museum. For more information, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Visit the SLCHA’s website www.slcha.org for more information on St. Lawrence County history.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Irish Heritage
March 13th Second Saturday program Irish Heritage & the Lowly Potato
CANTON -- Children 4-10 are invited to learn about Irish Heritage & the Lowly Potato, as the next Second Saturday Program at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House, 3 E. Main St., Canton from 11 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 13th. This activity is another in the SLCHA’s series of free monthly educational programs for kids.
Children will learn about Irish settlement in St. Lawrence County, find out why roads were named after the Irish, learn about the work of the Irish on the nation’s railroads, and discover that Irish immigrants were the 2nd largest immigrant group after French Canadians to come to St. Lawrence County! The kids will also sing songs like I’ve Been Working on the Railroad, Streets of New York, and Irish Eyes Are Smiling. Children will also make a shamrock craft to take home. Ron Semple, St. Lawrence County Historical Association Trustee, will lead the program, and will be joined by SLCHA volunteers, who will help the kids during the program.
The Second Saturday Program begins at 11 a.m. in the Children’s Attic on the second floor of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. Parents, grandparents and other caregivers are welcome to attend this free program. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
For more information, call SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org for more information on St. Lawrence County History. This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
CANTON -- Children 4-10 are invited to learn about Irish Heritage & the Lowly Potato, as the next Second Saturday Program at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House, 3 E. Main St., Canton from 11 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 13th. This activity is another in the SLCHA’s series of free monthly educational programs for kids.
Children will learn about Irish settlement in St. Lawrence County, find out why roads were named after the Irish, learn about the work of the Irish on the nation’s railroads, and discover that Irish immigrants were the 2nd largest immigrant group after French Canadians to come to St. Lawrence County! The kids will also sing songs like I’ve Been Working on the Railroad, Streets of New York, and Irish Eyes Are Smiling. Children will also make a shamrock craft to take home. Ron Semple, St. Lawrence County Historical Association Trustee, will lead the program, and will be joined by SLCHA volunteers, who will help the kids during the program.
The Second Saturday Program begins at 11 a.m. in the Children’s Attic on the second floor of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. Parents, grandparents and other caregivers are welcome to attend this free program. Parking is available in the back of the SLCHA, next to the museum’s main entrance.
For more information, call SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. Visit the SLCHA’s website, www.slcha.org for more information on St. Lawrence County History. This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
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