Silence and indifference threaten future peace

By Michael J. Cummings, Irish American Unity Conference boardmember

The approach of St Patrick’s Day was, in my time as public relations director of the National Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, a period of anxiety. There were the attempts to hijack the religious and heritage themes of the parades to promote some political correctness. Then there were the greeting cards and Saint Patrick’s Day paraphernalia mocking all things Irish.

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