Trap coffins

RENO, Nev. (BP)--I stood there with my wife and two other couples in silence as we read the historical account at the massive Irish Memorial Monument is Philadelphia. The monument depicts the plight of Irish immigrants to the United States during 1846-1851. In 1845 a fungus hit the potato fields of Ireland and a devastating famine occurred that took the lives of more than 1 million people.

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