Honoring shipwreck victims in Lynbrook

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The Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Historical Society of East Rockaway & Lynbrook will host a ceremony honoring the 215 victims of the Mexico and Bristol shipwreck at the Rockville Cemetery, 45 Merrick Road, at 11 a.m. on Oct. 26. The victims of the wrecks in the winter of 1836-37 were mostly Irish immigrants who lost their dream of coming to America.