The Fenian Memorial Committee, its friends, comrades and supporters, are gathering for the unveiling and commemoration for Fenian John Goff on Saturday, April 26 at 12 noon in Kensico Cemetary, Kensico, in Westchester County, New York.
Said a release: "Goff was instrumental in the financing and planning of the great Catalpa Rescue, which saved six military Fenians from a slow death of penal servitude in Western Australia's infamous Fremantle Prison, where they had already languished for years.
"With your help over the years, we have found and placed headstones or memorials at the graves of all six Catalpa escapees throughout the USA (five of them had no headstones), along with that of their "Messenger" Father McCabe, who smuggled Fenian communication in and out of the prison prior to the Catalpa escape, eventually dying in exile in rural Minnesota.
"We recently also placed a memorial marker at the graves of Fenians Frank and Mary Byrne in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. John Goff never abandoned the Fenian ideal of a free Ireland while leading a distinguished career as an anti- corruption campaigner and judge in New York."
Goff's grave is located at Kensico's Section 27, Lot 3097, Grave 2. The grave is within walking distance of the Kensico Cemetery Administration Building and public restrooms. Valhalla MTA Train Station (Harlem Line) is a taxi or Uber ride away. Reception to follow at the Heritage Pub, 960 McLean Ave, Yonkers. More at https://www.facebook.com/fenianmca or https://fenianmca.org/
