CLINTON – The blustery winds of a cool, gray March afternoon brought out the emerald green shimmer of shamrocks and white woolen sweaters as thousands lined the streets of Downtown
Shawn Brogan, president of the Greater Pittston Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, announced Robert J. Joyce, of Avoca, has been selected as the organization’s 2022 Man of the Year. Joyce
Shawn Brogan, president of the Greater Pittston Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, announced Joan McFadden as recipient of the organization’s first Irish Woman of the Year Award. McFadden will be
Anne Anderson Becomes First Female Member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Ambassador Anne Anderson in the green jacket of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick after she became the first woman admitted to the organization in its history. By R. Bryan Willits, Editorial Assistant
Irish Ambassador Anne Anderson became the first women to be inducted into the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, an organization that has had an exclusively male membership since it was founded in Philadelphia in 1771.
Twenty other women were also admitted as members at the Friendly Son’s 245th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Gala on Saturday, March 12. Anderson’s inclusion is also special since the only other individual to be an “adopted” member of the society in its 245-year existence was George Washington.