8 thoughts on “JFK Presents Irish Brigade Flag to People of Ireland”

1. Brooks Simpson January 18, 2012 at 3:01 pm

   -1 for incorrect month.

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   1. James F. Epperson January 18, 2012 at 4:15 pm

      No, he said September, not December.

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      1. Jeffry Burden January 19, 2012 at 5:16 am

         He referred the battle fought on September 13, 1862 at Fredericksburg, Maryland. Whoops…

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         1. Brooks D. Simpson January 19, 2012 at 6:21 am

            This shows Epperson’s a liberal who will never admit any Kennedy made a mistake.

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            1. Kevin Levin Post authorJanuary 19, 2012 at 6:42 am

               He always has a home here in Boston.

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2. Pat Young January 18, 2012 at 8:24 pm

   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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   1. Will Hickox January 19, 2012 at 7:53 am

      Some of them were still alive to see Al Smith come close in 1928.

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3. James Harrigan January 19, 2012 at 8:29 am

   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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