Slightly more on fellow Irishman, Barack O’Bama of Moneygall, Ireland…
It was the story of the downtown parade in March 2003, a tale that staffers of the time have heard many times.
“A few volunteers and I did make it into the parade, but we were literally the last marchers,” Obama recalled. “After two hours, finally it was our turn.”
As they rode the route, smiling and waving, the city workers were right behind them, cleaning up the garbage.
“It was a little depressing,” he said. “But I’ll bet those parade organizers are watching TV today and feeling kind of bad, because this is a pretty good parade right here.”
The newly discovered family records are welcome, said Obama, even if they come a little after the fact.
“I do wish somebody had provided me all this genealogical evidence earlier because it would have come in handy back when I was first running in my hometown of Chicago,” he said, “because Chicago is the Irish capital of the Midwest.”
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