Shamrocks and the White House
St.Patrick's Day 1969 at the White House
Irish Ambassador William Patrick Fay pins a cluster of shamrocks on President Nixon's lapel on March 17, 1969, during a St. Patrick's Day celebration at the White House in Washington. The President is holding a foot-high Waterford crystal vase, bearing a White House etching, which also was presented to the Nixons from their Irish visitors.
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