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.

At Dublin's Arbour Hill Memorial in 1963, President John F. Kennedy places a wreath on the graves of the executed leaders of the 1916 Rising, becoming the first foreign head of state to formally honour them. To the left stands Irish Prime Minister Seán Lemass. Uniformed soldiers with fixed bayonets flank the scene as officers salute behind the wreath, set before a long, inscribed memorial wall. The ground, paved with hexagonal stones, is wet and reflective under an overcast sky, with the backs of spectators visible in the foreground.

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