JFK Presents Irish Brigade Flag to People of Ireland 8 Replies The ceremony took place during the president’s visit to Ireland in June 1963.
Jeffry Burden January 19, 2012 at 5:16 am He referred the battle fought on September 13, 1862 at Fredericksburg, Maryland. Whoops… Reply ↓
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. Reply ↓
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. Reply ↓
Will Hickox January 19, 2012 at 7:53 am Some of them were still alive to see Al Smith come close in 1928. Reply ↓
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… Reply ↓
-1 for incorrect month.
No, he said September, not December.
He referred the battle fought on September 13, 1862 at Fredericksburg, Maryland. Whoops…
This shows Epperson’s a liberal who will never admit any Kennedy made a mistake.
He always has a home here in Boston. 🙂
I wonder how many of the Irish Brigade thought that there would be an Irish Catholic president a century after they fought.
Some of them were still alive to see Al Smith come close in 1928.
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…