Under the Starry Flag: How a Band of Irish Americans Joined the Fenian Revolt and Sparked a Crisis over Citizenship

When:
Monday, Sep 24, 2018 6:00p -
7:30p

Where:
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215

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Admission:
$10

Categories:
Lectures & Conferences

Event website:
https://www.masshist.org/calendar/event?event=2599

Join us as Lucy Saylor of the University of New Hampshire presents her new book, "Under the Starry Flag: How a Band of Irish Americans Joined the Fenian Revolt and Sparked a Crisis over Citizenship"


In 1867 forty Irish-American freedom fighters, outfitted with guns and ammunition, sailed to Ireland to join the effort to end British rule. Yet they never got a chance to fight. British authorities arrested them for treason as soon as they landed, sparking an international conflict that dragged the United States and Britain to the brink of war. "Under the Starry Flag" recounts this gripping legal saga, a prelude to today’s immigration battles.


Please call 617-646-0578 or register online at www.masshist.org/events. A pre-talk reception will begin at 5:30.

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