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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums☘️ LIVE 5PM: President Biden hosts White House Shamrock presentation celebrating Saint Patrick's Day
Scheduled for Mar 17, 2022
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)I expect to hear:
Why do the Bidens host all of these frivolous events?
Nothing about this is normal.
Don't these people actually do anything useful?
Donkees
(31,347 posts)Excerpt:
In 1952, the Irish Ambassador decided to send a small box of shamrocks to President Truman and although he was away from the White House that day, he responded positively.
Seven years later, the first President of Ireland to come to the United States was welcomed by President Eisenhower and spontaneously pinned some shamrocks on Ikes suit collar as a sign of unity between the two nations. The U.S. Embassy in Ireland has produced a video encapsulating the history of the evolving tradition.
https://carlanthonyonline.com/2014/03/17/presidents-the-irish-the-clinton-st-patricks-day-parties/
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)I just don't trust Republicans not to mock it. Anything to bash the president.