John F. Fitzgerald 1946, when John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy decided to run for Congress, 83-year-old Honey Fitz helped him plan his campaign strategy. At the victory celebration, Fitzgerald danced an Irish jig, sang "Sweet Adeline," and predicted that his grandson would someday occupy the White House. Shortly after his election to the presidency, President Kennedy renamed the presidential yacht the "Honey Fitz" in honor of his maternal grandfather. On September 18, 1889, Fitzgerald married his second cousin Mary Josephine "Josie" Hannon. She was a daughter of Michael Hannon and Mary Ann Fitzgerald. On October 2, 1950, Fitzgerald died in Boston at the age
Mary Anderson (yacht) yacht of the Governor of East Bengal. Following the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the yacht became the official yacht of the President of Bangladesh. In 1978, the President of Bangladesh, Ziaur Rahman, donated the yacht to the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, a state owned tourism corporation. The Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation decided to convert the yacht into a floating restaurant which was opened on 24 September 1978. The restaurant proved to be popular among tourists. It had a seating capacity of 72 people and dining capacity of 24 people. It was a paddle boat and the first floating restaurant of Bangladesh.