The Irish American Cultural Institute is this weekend honoring Assembly-man Thomas P. Giblin at its 19th annual Washington Irish Saint Patrick's Day Ball.
The Morristown, NJ-based institute will be holding the ball on Saturday, Feb. 25
at the Madison Hotel in Morristown.
Morristown is famous in American history as a wintering quarters for George Washington and his army during the Revolutionary War and the annual ball commemorates Washington's declaration of St. Patrick's Day as a holiday in 1780..
Assemblyman Giblin, who represents the Garden State's 34th assembly district, will be presented with the 2012 Annie Moore Award. With family ties to Roscommon, Giblin has been active in many Irish causes in New Jersey. He is a former grand marshal of both the Newark and Woodbridge St. Patrick's Day parades.
