Description: This item is an Application and Membership Club to the Fighting Sixty Ninth. Location: 69th Regiment Armory 68 Lexington Ave New York, NY 10010 Between 25th & 26th Street The Garryowen Club is a hidden NUV Bar inside the 69th Regiment Armory for Military only. The armories of New York City are a wonderful, active testamentof an earlier erawhen residents self-started their ownmilitia groups. The69th Infantry Regiment, known in popular culture as The Fighting Irish, was initially an all-Irish brigade founded to train Irish immigrants to free Ireland from British control. The 69th InfantryRegiment has had an illustrious history fighting in the Civil War, World War I (where the famous New Yorker, Father Duffy joined the regiment), World War II and the Iraq war. Wild Bill Donovan, the WWI Medal of Honor awardee, was also part of the 69th and went on to be in charge of the OSS, a forerunner to the CIA. They were also one of the first responders at Ground Zero, going in against orders. A real hidden gem inside this armory is the Garryowen Club, a bar that began as an officers club but now is welcome to all military personnel and their guests. The wood-paneled bar, named after the regiments marching tunes, got its current look around 1962, but existed in an earlier form prior. Theres also a great marble fireplace flanked with some massive artillery. Personalized beer steins line the walls and are flipped upside down for enlistees who are gone. Theres also a relicof theWorld Trade Centerframed in the bar. This is a great addition to any collection.
Price: 25.99 USD
Location: Putnam Valley, New York
End Time: 2024-08-12T04:02:01.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.9 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Theme: Militaria
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
