2006.062.003

Postcard, color. 2006. " Lawrence, Massachusetts - Irish Famine Memorial" Color photo of memorial with cemetery in the background. Three flags in the picture. The text on the back of the card reads: " An Gorta Memorial, the Great Hunger." This monument is in honor of those who dies, suffered from, and survived the Irish Potato Famine that began in 1845. Millions immigrated from Ireland and settled in industrial towns such as Lawrence, Massachusetts, where this monument is located, at St. Mary's Immaculate Conception Cemetery. This memorial is a project sponsored by Division 8 A.O.H. and the Irish Foundation of Lawrence, MA.