Every year on March 17, the president celebrates #StPatricksDay, a holiday honoring the death of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Here is a thread of past presidential celebrations.
On March 17, 1980, President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter hosted a Saint Patrick's Day party. Guests were entertained with songs and readings from Irish literature in the East Room.
Image Credit: Courtesy of Henry & Carole Haller and Family
Image Credit: Courtesy of Henry & Carole Haller and Family
President John F. Kennedy visited with Irish Ambassador Thomas J. Kiernan in the Oval Office in 1963. Kiernan presented Kennedy with a shamrock-filled Waterford crystal vase etched with the portrait of James Hoban, White House architect.
Image: Abbie Rowe, National Park Service
Image: Abbie Rowe, National Park Service
On March 16, 1995, President Bill Clinton conducted a youth orchestra during a St. Patrick's Day celebration on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
Image Credit: Library of Congress
Image Credit: Library of Congress
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan and Don Regan celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a Leprechaun during an Issues Briefing Luncheon in the Cabinet Room.
Image Credit: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum / NARA
Image Credit: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum / NARA
In 2011, First Lady Michelle Obama requested that the fountain on the North Lawn of the White House be dyed green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
Image Credit: White House Collection, Chuck Kennedy
Image Credit: White House Collection, Chuck Kennedy
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