{"id":11786,"date":"2025-01-10T09:28:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T14:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aoh.com\/?p=11786"},"modified":"2025-01-10T09:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T14:29:09","slug":"ramsey-county-division-4-christmas-party-included-reading-for-member-and-local-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aoh.com\/2025\/01\/10\/ramsey-county-division-4-christmas-party-included-reading-for-member-and-local-author\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramsey County Division 4 Christmas Party Included Reading for Member and local Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MarkConnor-reading-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MarkConnor-reading-1-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MarkConnor-reading-1-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Archbishop John Ireland Division 4 Christmas celebration included a reading by Division<br>4 member Mark Connor from his book, \u201cIt\u2019s About Time (Millions of Copies Sold for Dad),\u201d<br>winner of Irish Network Minnesota\u2019s 2024 Bloomsday Literary award. Described as a \u201csaga<br>wrapped around a package of poems guarded by angels,\u201d the autobiography that reads like a<br>novel, honors his deceased father, Division 4 member Robert J. Connor. It is available at<br><a href=\"https:\/\/boxersandwritersmagazine.com\/books\/\">https:\/\/boxersandwritersmagazine.com\/books\/<\/a> and includes local Irish-American history<br>including stories from Division members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Signing-a-copy-for-long-time-member-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Signing-a-copy-for-long-time-member-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Signing-a-copy-for-long-time-member-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mark Connor signing a copy of the book for a long time member of the division.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class = 'socialMediaOnEveryPost'><div id=\"sgmbShare1-1\" class=\"sgmbShare jssocials-theme-classic sgmbWidget1-1\"><\/div><div class=\"dropdownWrapper dropdownWrapper1 dropdownWrapper-for-widget \" id=\"dropdownWrapper-for-widget\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dropdownLabel\" id=\"dropdownLabel-share-list\"><span class=\"sgmbButtonListLabel1\">Share List<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dropdownPanel dropdownPanel1-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><script>  SGMB_URL = \"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-builder\/\"; 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