Did You Know::: Irish Americans

Irish Americans have quite a reputation to withhold with Catholicism. JFK, St. Patrick's Day parades and Irish Pride connections. There are a few other facts about Irish Americans that you may not be so aware of

• It was an Irishman that was the first person to step off Columbus ship and walk onto the ground where America would be built. 
• The first woman to walk into space was an Irish American
• There have been 15 U.S. presidents that have confirmed Irish Ancestry President Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan parents were born in Ireland and thus were two of the "most Irish" 
• Dubliner Richard Montgomery was an Irish American general that served in the Revolutionary war as a general and was the first to die. He was killed during the invasion of Canada in the Battle of Quebec. To honor Montgomery the navy has named several ships after him and the city of Philadelphia has a statue of him in Fairmont park. 
• The Declaration of Independence was signed by 3 Irishmen from Ireland. 
• Irishmen directly helped with building the White House. The White House is modeled after an Irish building and was built by Irish immigrants. 
• A blind Irishman wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" John Stafford Smith was born in 1750 based the music by a great Irish blind Harper Turlough O'Carolan
• John Barry, an Irishman is known as "The Father of the American Navy" Appointed to be Captain in the Continental Navy on December 7, 1775 he would lead his crew into battle for America. 

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