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176th Ceremony of Remembrance-Bristol & Mexico Shipwrecks

Join the Historical Society of East Rockaway and Lynbrook, and the Gaelic Society of St Agnes Cathedral for a Ceremony of Remembrance for the victims of the shipwrecks of the Bristol and the Mexico, 176 years ago. Many of the victims were from Ireland, headed to America in search of a better life. Mariners Monument, in the center of the Rockville Cemetery, (Old Sandhole Cemetery) corner of Ocean Ave and Merrick Road, Lynbrook. Rain, or shine, or snow.


 Information:


Art Mattson 887-7673 (HSERL)

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John Raphael 678-1008 (Gaelic Soc of St .Agnes)

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