Completely happy #StPatricksDay! In June 1963, JFK spent 4 days in Eire. A descendant of Irish immigrants, he was welcomed warmly all through his travels within the nation, and met a few of his kinfolk within the Kennedy household homestead.⁣ pic.twitter.com/7jRSl02EkN

— JFK Library (@JFKLibrary) March 17, 2024

Completely happy St. Patrick’s Day, a celebration of the Irish in America.  Listed below are ten shocking info on the day from TIME.  A most shocking one to me: 

“The primary St. Patrick’s Day parade was held within the U.S.   The primary recorded parade on the Catholic Feast Day of St. Patrick was held on March 17, 1601, in a Spanish colony in modern-day St. Augustine, Florida. Greater than a century later, Irish troopers serving within the English army marched in Boston in 1737 and in New York Metropolis in 1762.”

KJ