Irish Freedom Fighters and Americans of other ethnic backgrounds who gave their lives to secure independence for all Americans The Spirit of 76 was. and still is. the ideal of the Brooklyn IrishAmerican Parade. The Parade Committee. its officers and members. continue the memorialization of "The Great Famine" (An Gorta Mor) which caused the deaths of over 1.500.000 people in Ireland and tens of thousands as they traveled to America. During "The Great Famine". over 1.000.000 of Erins sons and daughters emigrated to the United States through the port of New York. The theme of this years Parade is Wolfe Tone and The Good Friday Peace Accords. Wolfe Tone was an Irish Patriot and founder of the Society of the United Irishman. whose vision of Ireland was neither North nor South. neither Protestant nor Catholic. but one Ireland United and Free.
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