The Maccabean Post of the American Legion will sponsor a pilgrimage to the grave of Thomas Kennedy, early Maryland patriot, at Hagerstown on Sunday, June 24.
While a member of the State Senate Kennedy waged a vigorous fight to gain for Jews and Catholics the right to hold public office.
The committee of which State Senator E. Milton Altfeld is chairman, has invited Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, of Maryland; United States Senator Millard E. Tydings, of Maryland; United States Senator William H. King, of Utah, and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, of the Free Synagogue, New York City, to speak at the ceremonies.
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