- Date
- 1972-03-17
- Kind
- Celebration
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Civic Association
- Followed by
- St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Beaver Island, 1973
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitycatholicismheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beaver Island declared Friday, March 17, 1972 a holiday. The February Beaver Beacon announced a Civic Association lunch, afternoon snowmobile and ice-skating games and races, and a 6 p.m. turkey dinner served by the Holy Cross Altar Society.
Evidence and limits
This is an announced community program. The source does not provide attendance, race results, a formal municipal proclamation, or an independent account of the activities after the announcement.
See also
Sources
- Announces March 17 as a Beaver Island holiday, a Civic Association lunch, afternoon snowmobile and ice-skating games and races, and a 6 p.m. Holy Cross Altar Society turkey dinner; it does not provide the later event’s attendance, race results, or an independent proclamation.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-02_Beaver-Beacon
- Provides the post-event account: Civic Association lunch, children’s foot races, harbor snowmobile races, and a Holy Cross Altar Society dinner for approximately 136 people; the realized race results are modeled separately in event/st-patricks-day-snowmobile-races-beaver-island-1972.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Beaver Island, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/st-patricks-day-celebration-beaver-island-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1972, “St. Patrick’s Day.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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