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Beaver Islanders welcome 1969 at the Shamrock

Also Beaver Island New Year's Eve celebration, 1968-1969

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
Dates1968-12-31 – 1969-01-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1968-12-31 – 1969-01-01
Kind
Celebration
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
celebrationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Island residents and guests welcomed 1969 at the Shamrock on New Year’s Eve. The January 1969 Beaver Beacon described dancing and merriment as the new year began.

Evidence and limits

The short notice does not provide attendance, a complete program, or financial records.

Sources

  1. Reports Island residents and guests dancing and celebrating at the Shamrock as 1969 began; it does not provide attendance, an exact program, or financial records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published celebration report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islanders welcome 1969 at the Shamrock”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-new-year-welcomed-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1969, “New Year Welcomed.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-06. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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