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1940 Democratic National Convention at the Chicago Stadium nominated President roosevelt for an unprecedented third term with the help of Mayor Ed Kelley and Sewer Commissioner Tom Geary.
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The Irish Free State Army enforced Irish neutrality during World War II. They look particularly menacing, having adopted the coal-scuttle helmets and breeches of the Axis powers. But they were Irish troops, guarding Irish sovereignty.
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Archbishop Samuel Stritch was appointed Archbishop of Chicago in 1940 and was elevated to the College of Cardinals in 1946. Chicago's first Irish American Cardinal, he was the son of a Fenian patriot and deeply beloved of the IFC.
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Lt. Com. Edward "Butch" O'Hare receives the congressional Medal of Honor from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, April 21, 1942. He would be lost as the war came to its end. Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is named in honor of this Iris
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Ireland's neutrality during "The Emergency" as World Was II was known there, was DeValera's unmovable policy as he tried to rebuild the nation after generations of warfare.
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Dr. Oliver St. John Gogarty, Irish poet, writer, patriot and eye, ear, nose and throat surgeon, spoke to the IFC in 1944.
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Former IFC President Mayor Edward J. Kelley wields his black thorn stick, honoring young Irish veterans of the second World War during St. Patrick's Day 1944.
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Vice President Harry S. Truman is escorted to IFC's St. Patrick's Day Luncheon in 1945.
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Truman displayed a remarkable charm and courtesy greeting wartime luncheon guests at IFC.
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Former Prime Minister Eamon DeValera returns to chicago on March 20, 1948, and is warmly greeted by members of the Crowe family at the IFC gala dinner in his honor.
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Sean MacBride celebrated the establishment of the Republic of Ireland with the IFC in 1949.
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