JFK Presents Irish Brigade Flag to People of Ireland

Published: January 18, 2012 8 comments

The ceremony took place during the president’s visit to Ireland in June 1963.

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James Harrigan Jan 19, 2012 @ 8:29

I cherish the photos I have with my family from the Irish Brigade monuments at Antietam (Bloody Lane) and Gettysburg (The Wheatfield). I’d rather not think about Fredericksburg…

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Pat Young Jan 18, 2012 @ 20:24

I wonder how many of the Irish Brigade thought that there would be an Irish Catholic president a century after they fought.

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- Will Hickox Jan 19, 2012 @ 7:53
  
  Some of them were still alive to see Al Smith come close in 1928.
  
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Brooks Simpson Jan 18, 2012 @ 15:01

-1 for incorrect month.

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- James F. Epperson Jan 18, 2012 @ 16:15
  
  No, he said September, not December.
  
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  - Jeffry Burden Jan 19, 2012 @ 5:16
    
    He referred the battle fought on September 13, 1862 at Fredericksburg, Maryland. Whoops…
    
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    - Brooks D. Simpson Jan 19, 2012 @ 6:21
      
      This shows Epperson’s a liberal who will never admit any Kennedy made a mistake.
      
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      - Kevin Levin Jan 19, 2012 @ 6:42
        
        He always has a home here in Boston. 🙂
        
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