Al Smith Dinner

Al Smith Dinner

The Al Smith Dinner is an annual charity fund raiser for Catholic Charities. It is organized by the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation in honor of former New York Governor Al Smith, the first Catholic presidential candidate. The first dinner was in 1945 the year after Al Smith's death.

Every four years since 1960 (when Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy were speakers) it has been a regular stop for the two main presidential candidates (or their representatives).

In 2000, Al Gore and George W. Bush both participated. [CBS. " [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/10/18/politics/main242210.shtml Bush And Gore Do New York] ." CBS News. 20 October 2000. Accessed 04 September 2008.]

It was the subject of an episode of The West Wing titled The Al Smith Dinner.

External links

* [http://www.alsmithfoundation.org/thedinner.html Catholic Charities Al Smith Dinner Page]

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