From The Irish Emigrant Online: http://www.irishemigrant.com/ie/go.asp?p=story&storyID=4612
FORT BENTON, Mont. – Fort Benton’s Summer Celebration will take on a new Irish theme this year in honor of the dedication of the city’s latest statue; a $40,000 bronze bust of Thomas Francis Meagher, Montana’s Irish former governor and Civil War hero.
The festival begins Friday night with a performance by the Montana Agricultural Center of "The Coroner's Inquest Into the Death of Thomas Francis Meagher," a play based on a book by Paul Wylie that attempts to solve the mystery surrounding Meagher’s death.
Saturday will be a day full of Irish dancing, foodstuffs and bars serving exclusively Guinness. The festivities will conclude with the statue dedication ceremony at 1 pm on Sunday.
Local band the Shamrockers will perform all weekend long, and even wrote a new song specifically for the beloved Meagher.
The green theme is expected to draw the biggest crowd the Fort Benton Celebration has seen yet.
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01 July 2009
29 June 2009
Summer Celebration with an Irish Flare
The Thomas Francis Meagher Memorial on the Historic Steamboat Levee Commemorates His Death at Fort Benton on the Evening of 1 July, 1867.
From 26-28 June Fort Benton became the Hibernian Capital of the World. Members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians assembled from across Montana and as far away as Buffalo, New York, to pay homage to General Thomas Francis Meagher. Over the weekend, events included Paul Wylie's play Friday evening, "A Coroner's Inquest Into the Death of Thomas Francis Meagher"; the Summer Celebration Parade on Saturday morning with Hibernian marchers, dancers, and musical groups from Anaconda, Helena, and Great Falls; the Meagher Memorial Dinner With an Irish Flair attended by over 100 on Saturday evening with main speaker Lt. Governor John Bohlinger and Irish dances by Helena and Anaconda ladies and lassies; and the Dedication of the Thomas Francis Meagher Memorial Sunday afternoon at the historic steamboat levee with singing of the U.S. and Irish National Anthems by Jack Kelly and speechifying by General Meagher (played by Frank Crowley) and Governor Brian O'Schweitzer.
The Hiberian Banquet for General Meagher.
The Thomas Francis Meagher Monument was dedicated Sunday afternoon, June 28th.
The Second Cavalry Association Reenactment Group at the Dedication Ceremony
General Thomas Francis Meagher on the Fort Benton Levee Shortly Before His Death in 1867
Author Paul Wylie Signs Copies of his Excellent Meagher biography, The Irish General.
From 26-28 June Fort Benton became the Hibernian Capital of the World. Members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians assembled from across Montana and as far away as Buffalo, New York, to pay homage to General Thomas Francis Meagher. Over the weekend, events included Paul Wylie's play Friday evening, "A Coroner's Inquest Into the Death of Thomas Francis Meagher"; the Summer Celebration Parade on Saturday morning with Hibernian marchers, dancers, and musical groups from Anaconda, Helena, and Great Falls; the Meagher Memorial Dinner With an Irish Flair attended by over 100 on Saturday evening with main speaker Lt. Governor John Bohlinger and Irish dances by Helena and Anaconda ladies and lassies; and the Dedication of the Thomas Francis Meagher Memorial Sunday afternoon at the historic steamboat levee with singing of the U.S. and Irish National Anthems by Jack Kelly and speechifying by General Meagher (played by Frank Crowley) and Governor Brian O'Schweitzer.
The Hiberian Banquet for General Meagher.
The Thomas Francis Meagher Monument was dedicated Sunday afternoon, June 28th.
The Second Cavalry Association Reenactment Group at the Dedication Ceremony
General Thomas Francis Meagher on the Fort Benton Levee Shortly Before His Death in 1867
Author Paul Wylie Signs Copies of his Excellent Meagher biography, The Irish General.
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