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14 Jun 1914: Adlai E. Stevenson I died, Chicago, Illinois The 23rd US Vice President served from 1893 to 1897 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adlai_Ste…

14 Jun 1922, Dublin: Kevin Roche born. He won the 1982 Pritzker Architecture Prize. His notable buildings included New York City's Ford Foundation Headquarters and United Nations Plaza. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Roc…

14 Jun 1937: Bunreacht na hÉireann, the Constitution of Ireland, approved by Dáil Éireann. It would be endorsed in a general election plebiscite the following month. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitut…

14 Jun 1967: Eddie Eagan died, Rye, New York. He won Olympic gold in light-heavyweight boxing (at the 1920 Antwerp Games) and in 4-man bobsleigh (at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Eag…

15 Jun: Feast day for Irish Saint Colmán. Learn more about Colmán and many others at the Irish Saints Feast Day Calendar website! namenerds.com/irish/feastday…

15 Jun 1849: James Knox Polk died, Nashville, Tennessee. The 11th US President's term (1845–1849) saw the Texas annexation, founding of the US Naval Academy & Smithsonian Institution, & the acquisition of California after the Mexican-American War. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kno…

15 Jun 1919, Clifden, Co. Galway: First nonstop transatlantic flight landed, 15 hours and 57 minutes after departing St. John's, Newfoundland. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatla…

15 Jun 1961, Larne, Co. Antrim: Dave McAuley born. The boxer held the IBF world flyweight championship from 1989 to 1992. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McAu…

15 Jun 1972: Justin Leonard (Irish roots) born, Dallas, Texas. The golfer has won one major, the 1997 British Open (at Royal Troon). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Le…

Best wishes to our friends at the Penn-Mar Irish Festival for a great event today! pennmaririshfestival.com

16 Jun: Feast day for Irish Saints Colmán, Fursa, and Séadna. Learn more about these and many others at the Irish Saints Feast Day Calendar website! namenerds.com/irish/feastday…

Happy Bloomsday! 16 Jun 1904: The first date of James Joyce and Nora Barnacle, a walk along the River Liffey to the Dublin suburb of Ringsend. [1/2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsday

Joyce would immortalize the day of his first date with Nora as the day on which the action is centered in his masterwork Ulysses. [2/2] irishcentral.com/opinion/james-…

16 Jun 1922: First Irish general election since the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin candidates (led by Michael Collins) outpolled anti-Treaty Sinn Féin candidates (led by Éamon de Valera) by a large margin. [1/2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922_Iris…

The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin bloc would hold an outright majority after the anti-Treaty bloc boycotted the new Dáil. However, the election results did not prevent the outbreak of the Irish Civil War a few days later. [2/2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922_Iris…

16 Jun 1965: Andrea M. Ghez (Irish roots) born, New York City. The astronomer shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for her work in discovering a massive black hole in the Milky Way's galactic center. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_M.…

Bloomsday as a cultural celebration was first observed in Dublin  by Patrick Kavanagh, Brian O'Nolan, and others on 16 Jun 1954 (the 50th anniversary of the day on which the events in Ulysses took place), as noted in this article from The Irish Echo. irishecho.com/2021/6/6-16-54…

More on that first Bloomsday in Dublin, courtesy of our friends at IrishCentral. irishcentral.com/roots/history/…

17 Jun: Feast day for Irish Saints Aodhán (Aidan), Caomhán, and Colman. Learn more about these and many others at the Irish Saints Feast Day Calendar website! namenerds.com/irish/feastday…

For those making this a long weekend, the Parade Committee wishes you and yours a SAFE and happy holiday!