Grand Marshal – Dr. Glen Gabert, Hudson County Community College

Irishman of the Year – Robert Caulfield, Fields Development Group

Irishwoman of the Year – Nora Oâ€Rourke, Liberty Realty

Irish Firefighter – Battalion Chief Richard Gorman, JCFD

Irish Police Officer – Lt. Patrick Sullivan, JCPD

Irish Paramedic – Michael Very, JC Medical Center RWJ/Barnabas Health

Irish Educator – Kathleen Carroll Kopacz, JC BOE

Honorary Irishwoman – Leah Blesoff-Woodcock, The Hutton Bar & Grill

Honorary Irishman of the Year – Brett Michael Bacek, Posthumously

Miss Colleen – Katherine Mary Boyle, Hudson Catholic High School

For further info contact: Maureen Hulings, Parade Chairwoman  mhulings@connellfoley.com

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            At 1 P.M., President, John J. Hallanan III, Esq., will host the 88^th annual monument ceremony in honor of the Great Emancipator.  A wreath will be laid at the statue of Lincoln at the entrance to Lincoln Park at Kennedy Boulevard and Belmont Avenue, Jersey City.   Following Presentation of the Colors by the Hudson County Sheriffâ€s Department and the Pledge of Allegiance, Dr. Jules Ladenheim, past president of the Association, will deliver Lincolnâ€s Gettysburg Address.

            At 5 P.M., the Association will host its annual dinner at the Casino-in-the-Park, Lincoln Park, Jersey City.  The featured speaker will be Ron Soodalter, noted author and member of the Board of Directors of the Abraham Lincoln Institute headquartered in Washington, D.C.  Dr. Ladenheim will deliver the address Lincoln made at the Sanitary Fair in Baltimore on April 18, 1864.

The banquet is open to the public and tickets may be purchased for $95.00 each through the website www.thelincolnassociationofjerseycity.com, by e-mail from lincassocjc@gmail.com, or by mail to 111 Gifford Ave. Jersey City NJ 07304. Please request tickets by February 1, 2017.

            The Lincoln Association is the oldest continuously operating group in the United States honoring Lincoln.  It was formed shortly after Lincolnâ€s assassination in 1865 and then has held a banquet in Jersey City every year on his birthday, February 12.  Over the decades many figures of national importance have addressed the Association including people from the military and political worlds, historians, educators and civil rights leaders.

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The DANTE ALIGHIERI SOCIETY OF JERSEY CITY — WOMEN’S AUXILIARY held their annual fund-raiser on Saturday, May 9th, 2015  to raise money for scholarships that will be handed out  to  qualified candidates who will be attending college  in the Hudson County area.

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