This is a follow up to your article of March 11th regarding the Irish of Havertown marching in the Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Perhaps this article suggestion can be used anytime during St. Patrick’s week.
Another organization with local ties also marched in the Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Even though tiny St. Thomas More High School has been closed for 37 years, the Alumni have participated in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade for close to 30 years.
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With 3800 Alumni on its mailing list approximately half reside in Delaware County. About 500 currently reside in Havertown, Upper Darby and Drexel Hill.
Some of our graduates include U.S. Representative Robert Brady, State Representative Nick Micozzie, Bishop Joe McFadden, current President John Millon (a Havertown resident) and a pillar of the Irish Community, the late Jim Kilgallen.
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St. Thomas More was the first Archdiocese of Philadelphia High School to close in 1975. The Alumni has already awarded about $600,000 in scholarships and currently has a scholarship fund in the vicinity of 1.5 million.
In addition, it remains the only Alumni organization to ever receive the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s prestigious Distinguished Graduate Award.
