Saturday, July 13, 2019
Sad news has been received of the passing of BGen Chevalier Patrick J. Garvey of the Priory of Saint Patrick. This Marine’s Marine, after a short illness, was called to a higher service on the 11th of July. The 11th of July, perhaps more than coincidentally, is a special date for Marines, ranking just below 10 November 1775, birthday of the American Continental Marines - by Act of the Second Continental Congress. In the reorganization of the government of the United States, under the new Constitution of the United States, the United States Marine Corps was established by an act of Congress, signed into Law by President John Adams on 11 July 1798 (1 Stat. 594). On that auspicious anniversary, … “another Marine reporting” … this one also, since January 1995, a Chevalier of the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, and a member of the Priory of Saint Patrick in the Hudson Valley of New York, most recently serving with the honor of Grand Officier. Among his many credits are, past-President of the National Maritime Historical Society, Life Member of the New York Council of the Navy League of the United States, and special service at the US Naval War College -- to name but a few. As Marines say, "No Better Friend..."
Ar dheis láimh Dé go raibh a anam uasal.
