#irish pride
Corned Beef Hash Label 1900, NARA ID 5716501.
A leprechaun interrupts President Reagan’s Cabinet meeting, 3/17/1986, Reagan Library, NARA ID 75854671.
Sláinte! Happy St. Patrick’s Day
and Irish American Heritage Month!
First Lady Rosalynn Carter seems surprised by this GIANT GREEN BAGEL from Rep. Robert Giaimo, Carter Library, NARA ID 844014.
President Reagan enjoys St. Patrick’s Day lunch with a unicorn in Alexandria, VA, 3/17/1985. Reagan Library, NARA ID 75856015.
The Carter Family celebrates St. Patrick’s Day at the White House, 3/17/1980, Carter Library, NARA ID 6783245.
Ireland’s Ambassador to the US gives LBJ with a bowl of shamrocks, 3/17/1965, Johnson Library, NARA ID 6801637. Yes… he was really tall - 6'4"!
Shamrocks from the Irish Ambassador to President and Mrs. Bush, 3/17/2004, Bush (43) Library, NARA ID117886259.
Do you think they served green beer? Dinner invite, 3/17/2005, President Bush (43), NARA ID 148029117.
Program from the 1921 Battery D Reunion Banquet, Truman Library, NARA ID 7233819.
See also:
- Irish American Heritage Month-related resources, National Archives News.
- The Forgotten Irish: Irish Emigrant Experiences in America, AOTUS blog.
- National Archives Digital Records Help Irish Author Write History Books,National Archives News
- Irish American Heroes,Text Message blog
- Facial Hair Friday: When Irish mustaches are smiling,Pieces of History blog
- St. Patrick’s Day Primary Sources! Education Updates.
- Exploring Irish History Through the Famine Files and Other Arrival Records, Pieces of History blog.
- Decisions of the Board of Special Inquiry: The Story of Irish Immigrant Bridget Donaghy, the Text Message blog.
- Ireland’s Famine Children “Born at Sea”,Prologue Magazine
- Stories From Our Holdings: Irish Researchers Study Civil War Records from the NARA/Fold3 Collaboration,NARAtions
- This Week in Universal News: NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 1967, The Unwritten Record
why can’t Irish people use the n-word? Irish immigrants were often called “white niggers” in the US and Irish Catholics were called “white niggers” during the troubles.
If black people can say it as a way of owning their oppression, then why can’t the Irish?
Oh that’s right, because racially segregating words is okay.
Either everyone can say it, or no one can.
