Michael and Linda Bradley
At its 244th annual St. Patrick’s Day Gala at the Union League in Philadelphia, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick President Bernard Buckley gave the president’s award to Michael Bradley in honor of his years of service to the Irish community.
For the past 13 years, Bradley, a former president of the Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade Association, has been director of the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade which marches down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway the Sunday before the holiday rain or shine. Or as Bradley always puts it, “dry or liquid sunshine.”
In the past two years, along with serving on the boards at Cardinal O’Hara High School, which his two sons, Colin and Mickey attended, and Penn State where he earned a degree in business and marketing, he has been chairman of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Advisory Council for Elementary Education in Delaware County. The council is working on a strategic plan to keep the 23 archdiocesan grade schools still open in the county alive and well.
Bradley, accompanied to the gala by his wife, Linda, appeared surprised when Buckley called his name and was visibly emotional as he accepted the award.
Photos from the event are below.
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