- Date
- circa 1968-03
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationheritagecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 1968 Beaver Beacon opened with an unsigned St. Patrick’s Day greeting poem addressed to readers across the miles. It conveyed wishes for Irish luck, happiness, and a bright day.
Evidence and limits
This record documents the poem’s publication and wording as a community greeting. The issue does not identify its author, commissioning context, or complete audience.
Sources
- Opens the issue with an unsigned greeting poem wishing readers Irish luck and happiness; it does not identify an author, commissioning context, or audience list.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published greeting.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon publishes an unsigned St. Patrick's Day greeting poem, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-beacon-st-patricks-day-greeting-poem-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1968, “Happy St. Patrick's Day Across the Miles.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
Last revised 2026-08-08. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.
BibTeX for “Beaver Beacon publishes an unsigned St. Patrick's Day greeting poem, 1968”RIS for “Beaver Beacon publishes an unsigned St. Patrick's Day greeting poem, 1968”