Visit of President Kennedy to Ireland. At Arbour Hill Memorial he placed a wreath on the graves of the executed leaders of the 1916 Rising, becoming the first foreign head of state to honour them in a formal ceremony. On the left Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Seann Lemass. Dublin 1963.
On the wet paving stones of Dublin's Arbour Hill Memorial in 1963, President John F. Kennedy and Irish Taoiseach Seán Lemass stand before the graves of the executed leaders of the 1916 Rising. As military officers salute and an honor guard stands at attention, Kennedy places a wreath, becoming the first foreign head of state to formally honor them. The somber ceremony, set beneath an overcast sky, is watched by onlookers as a simple cross on the memorial wall presides over the scene.
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