{"id":2050,"date":"2016-03-12T16:11:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T21:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aoh.com\/?p=2050"},"modified":"2016-03-12T16:11:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T21:11:20","slug":"help-honor-a-great-irish-patriot-rename-reservation-number-302-to-robert-emmet-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aoh.com\/2016\/03\/12\/help-honor-a-great-irish-patriot-rename-reservation-number-302-to-robert-emmet-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Honor a Great Irish Patriot, Rename  \u201cReservation number 302\u201d to \u201cRobert Emmet Park\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Robert_Emmet_statue_Washington_DC.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2051\" src=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Robert_Emmet_statue_Washington_DC-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"Robert_Emmet_statue_Washington_DC\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Currently there is an effort underway spearheaded by AOH JFK Division 5 and the IAUC to officially rename the park bordering Massachusetts Ave and 24<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Street NW in Washington, DC in honor of Irish Patriot Robert Emmet.\u00a0\u00a0 The parks chief feature in in fact an impressive statue of Robert Emmett that was erected 50 years ago on April 22, 1966 to commemorate the 50<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of the Rising, it is only fitting that we as Hibernians now finish the job for the 100<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 The park is currently named \u201c<em>US Reservation number 302<\/em>\u201d by the U.S. National Park Service, a banal identifier no one will miss.\u00a0 Robert Emmet was the quintessential Irish patriot; he was the inspiration for Clarke, Pearse and Connolly.\u00a0\u00a0 It is only fitting that he should be honored here in America given that the inspiration for he and the United Irishmen was our own American Revolution and his brother Thomas Addis, a founder of the United Irishmen, immigrated to this country and began a second life as a distinguished Irish American. Renaming \u201c<em>Reservation number 302<\/em>\u201d to \u201c<em>Robert Emmet Park<\/em>\u201d should be a political \u201cno brainer\u201d, but the Brothers need your help to get this on the floor and cut through the bureaucratic red tape that Washington is famous for.\u00a0\u00a0 Representative Joe Crowley has introduced <strong>H.R. 4564<\/strong> to re-designate the site as \u201cRobert Emmet Park.\u201d\u00a0 Contact your Representative and ask him\/her to contact Rep. Joe Crowley\u2019s office to sign on as a co-sponsor to H.R. 4564 at (202) 225-3965 or email his Deputy Chief of Staff, Jeremy Woodrum, at <a href=\"mailto:jeremy.woodrum@mail.house.gov\">jeremy.woodrum@mail.house.gov<\/a><\/p>\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\/\"; jQuery(\".dropdownWrapper\").hide(); SGMB_GOOGLE_ACOUNT = \"\"; <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\t\tjQuery(document).ready(function($){var widget = new SGMBWidget();widget.show({\"id\":\"1\",\"title\":\"Default\",\"options\":{\"currentUrl\":\"1\",\"url\":\"\",\"shareText\":\"\",\"fontSize\":\"10\",\"betweenButtons\":\"1px\",\"theme\":\"classic\",\"sgmbButtonsPosition\":\"bottomRight\",\"socialTheme\":\"classic\",\"icon\":\"default\",\"buttonsPanelEffect\":\"No Effect\",\"buttonsEffect\":\"No Effect\",\"iconsEffect\":\"No Effect\",\"buttons\":\"{\\\"facebook\\\":{\\\"label\\\":\\\"Share\\\",\\\"icon\\\":\\\"default-facebook\\\"},\\\"twitter\\\":{\\\"label\\\":\\\"Tweet\\\",\\\"icon\\\":\\\"default-twitter\\\",\\\"via\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"hashtags\\\":\\\"\\\"},\\\"googleplus\\\":{\\\"label\\\":\\\"+1\\\",\\\"icon\\\":\\\"default-googleplus\\\"},\\\"email\\\":{\\\"label\\\":\\\"E-mail\\\",\\\"icon\\\":\\\"default-email\\\"}}\",\"roundButton\":\"\",\"showLabels\":\"on\",\"showCounts\":\"\",\"showCenter\":\"\",\"showButtonsAsList\":\"\",\"sgmbDropdownColor\":\"\",\"sgmbDropdownLabelFontSize\":\"14\",\"sgmbDropdownLabelColor\":\"\",\"showButtonsOnEveryPost\":\"on\",\"selectedOrExcluded\":\"\",\"showButtonsOnEveryPage\":\"\",\"textOnEveryPost\":\"\",\"showButtonsOnCustomPost\":\"\",\"textOnCustomPost\":\"\",\"showButtonsOnMobileDirect\":\"on\",\"showButtonsOnDesktopDirect\":\"on\",\"sgmbSelectedPages\":[\"\"],\"sgmbExcludedPosts\":[\"\"],\"sgmbSelectedCustomPosts\":[],\"showButtonsInPopup\":\"\",\"titleOfPopup\":\"\",\"descriptionOfPopup\":\"\",\"showPopupOnLoad\":\"\",\"showPopupOnScroll\":\"\",\"showPopupOnExit\":\"\",\"openSecondsOfPopup\":\"\",\"googleAnaliticsAccount\":\"\"},\"buttonOptions\":{\"facebook\":{\"label\":\"Share\",\"icon\":\"default-facebook\"},\"twitter\":{\"label\":\"Tweet\",\"icon\":\"default-twitter\",\"via\":\"\",\"hashtags\":\"\"},\"googleplus\":{\"label\":\"+1\",\"icon\":\"default-googleplus\"},\"email\":{\"label\":\"E-mail\",\"icon\":\"default-email\"}},\"button\":[\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"googleplus\",\"email\"]}, 1, '', 'https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Robert_Emmet_statue_Washington_DC-191x300.jpg', '', 'https:\/\/aoh.com\/2016\/03\/12\/help-honor-a-great-irish-patriot-rename-reservation-number-302-to-robert-emmet-park\/'); 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