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
American Yacht Club (New York) American Yacht Club (New York) The American Yacht Club is a yacht club located in Rye, New York. The American Yacht Club was founded on 1 May 1883. It was created to be more exclusive than the New York Yacht Club and had the particular object of promoting the development of steam yachts. One of the principal founder members was the tycoon, Jay Gould, whose 228-foot steam yacht, "Atalanta", was built in that year. The club initially used rooms in Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue before building a large Tudor-style clubhouse on the tip of Milton Point on Long Island