Come celebrate as proud
American Made Heroes
in our parade!
St. Patrick's Parade
Boston 2012!
Boston's Southie stars asking you to help area food banks.
Collecting food along St Patrick's Parade.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck doing public service appeals for FeedingAmerica.org
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American Made Heroes
believes that the best way to truly fight hunger long term in America is through good jobs. We encourage, support and applaud our domestic manufacturers
as job creators. Support them!!
In the mean time we recognize the need to help those among us waiting for those job opportunities during these difficult economic times for so many.
We will be collecting food & donations during parade. If possible, bring 1 or 2 food items. We humbly thank you.
All Members & guests automatically entered to march!
Stay the weekend to enjoy all the local sights & then march as proud
American Made Heroes
in Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade!
Who are American Made Heroes? Why am I marching? The answer is simple. I am marching in honor of all those who get out of their car
each morning and walk into a building to create
things of value right here in America but cannot attend the parade and march with us. I am marching for the owners of thousands of small manufacturing
businesses who work incredibly hard and who have made the hard decision to stay here in the USA and continue to manufacturer here even though so many
business consultants whisper in their ear at how much more money they can make by off-shoring those manufacturing jobs but because they feel a
responsibility to those people I referenced who get out of their cars each morning and walk into their manufacturing facilities hoping to make a decent
living to support their families ... these manufacturers have decided to stay. I march for them. They are the
"American Made" Heroes far too many Americans take for granted. This is their moment for applause and honor whether they can make it to the parade or not. Collecting food for our fellow Americans is just one
more act of giving back to their local community.
--
An average American trying to do the right thing by supporting our
American Made Heroes
... hoping others will too.
Catherine D'Amato, President & CEO of The Greater Boston Food Bank
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American Made Heroes
applauds The Greater Boston Food Bank.
Join in a full Satruday of fun with a reception & dinner at famous Durgin Park in Quincy Market!
American Made Heroes
St. Patrick's Day Saturday!
Thank you for your support!
Dine with your fellow Heores!
Boston's Irish Mayor Menino
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We would be honored to march in
one of America's oldest parades.
We'll be there & we're hungry!
It is also Evacuation Day celebrating George Washington's 1st victory!
Gathering of
American Made Heroes in Boston!
We at American Made Heroes
welcome you to our St. Patrick's Day reception & dinner at Boston's famous Durgin Park in the heart of historic Quincy Marketplace.
Opened in 1827 in Faneuil Hall Market, Durgin Park still has long, communal tables, tile floors, waitresses known for their sass, and true New England
food, from a singular clam chowder to Yankee pot roast with cornbread, from baked scrod and fried Ipswich clams to molasses-rich Indian pudding and
chocolate-topped Boston cream pudding. Good New England beer selection, too. (Come in the back door to avoid the crush of tourists coming in the front.
We reserved the entire 3rd floor dining hall, pictured above, for our special "
American Made Heroes
" and invited guests and dignitaries.)
As the "Gathering of Heroes" official activities end at Friday noon after which attendees can rest before strolling along America's most historic & famous
"Freedom Trail" ending at Quincy Market to then browse the many interesting shops clustered there ... and finally meeting right there at Durgin Park to sit
& rest and enjoy a great meal with new friends!
We thank you again for your interest and support of all our efforts. You all are both encouraging and greatly appreciated. Thank you.
-- Mike Tamulis, Event Coordinator & Creator of
AmericanMadeHeroes.com
Know your history! Visit Boston once again and help our begining battle for economic independence! Know your history!
St. Patrick's is also Evacuation Day & George Washington's 1st victory!
Siege of Boston 1776
March 17 is Evacuation Day! The holiday commemorates the evacuation of British forces from the city of Boston following the Siege of Boston, early in the
American Revolutionary War. It is the same day as Saint Patrick's Day, a coincidence that played a role in the establishment of the holiday.
The colonial victory occured in the area of South Boston known as Dorchester Heights which commands a view of both Boston Harbor and downtown.
Dorchester Heights was and is remembered in American history for an action in the American Revolutionary War known as the Fortification of Dorchester
Heights. After the battles of Lexington and Concord, Revolutionary sentiment within New England reached a new high, and thousands of militiamen from the
Northern colonies converged on Boston, pushing the British back within what where then relatively narrow city limits. In June 1775 British soldiers under
General William Howe attacked and seized Bunker Hill, but in the process sustained many losses. Following this encounter, the Continental Congress in
Philadelphia gave George Washington the title of commander-in-chief and sent him to oversee the Siege of Boston.
The stalemate in Boston lasted for months, only breaking when Colonel Henry Knox returned from Fort Ticonderoga in New York, having led a team of sleds
loaded with tens of thousands of pounds of artillery (cannon) in winter from the fort across hundreds of miles to Boston. This added artillery gave
Washington the firepower needed to make a decisive move. On the night of March 4, 1776, as 800 American soldiers stood guard along the river of Dorchester
shores, 1,200 American soldiers occupied Dorchester Heights. They began working through the night to build structures suitable to defend against the
British Army. A large portion of the artillery, pulled by oxen, was moved and installed, without being noticed by the British, at Dorchester Heights, a
point of strategic importance due to its elevation and commanding view of all of Boston and Boston Harbor.
In response, Howe planned a counteroffensive to take the fortified positions on the Heights, but bad weather forced him to reconsider.
The Royal Navy
evacuated the British Army from Boston on March 17, 1776, along with many Loyalists.
Come and join us at our "Gathering of Heroes" .... become the "bad weather" that saves today's America ...
American Made Heroes!
Alexander Hamilton
"Not only the wealth, but the independence and security of a country, appear
to be materially connected with the prosperity of manufacturers. Every nation ... ought to endeavor to possess within
itself all the essentials of a national supply. They comprise the means of subsistence, habitation, clothing and
defense ... The expediency of encouraging manufactures in the United States, which was not long since deemed very
questionable, appears at this time to be pretty generally admitted."
-- Alexander Hamilton ... an
American Made Hero!
Samuel Adams ... a brewer ... a patriot
... an
American Made Hero!
In his over 50 years of public life Samuel Adams worked as a failed brewer, tax collector, Massachusetts legislator and vital
rabble rouser for the cause of patriotism and freedom. Although forever linked with the brewery trade as the name of the popular beer brand, it is as a patriot that Sam Adams’
true legacy remains. One cannot even imagine what would have happened in those turbulent years of the colonial period without his violent passion for liberty and
his explosive talent at oratory.
E-mail a request for details & I will update you via e-mail.
Mike@AmericanMadeHeroes.com
Event dates & activity schedule to be announced.
Thomas Jefferson
“I have come to the resolution myself, as I hope every good citizen will, never again to purchase any article of foreign manufacture which can be had of American make, be the difference of price what it may.”
-- Thomas Jefferson ... an
American Made Hero!
E-mail a request for details & I will update you via e-mail.
Mike@AmericanMadeHeroes.com
Event dates & activity schedule to be announced.
George Washington
“There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate real favors from nations.” (China??)
Boston's Southie stars asking you to help area food banks.
Collecting food along St Patrick's Parade.
