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. Dublin 1963.

With a serious and contemplative expression, President John F. Kennedy stands in profile at the Arbour Hill Memorial in Dublin, 1963. Flanked by two uniformed officers, he is before a large stone wall inscribed in the Irish Gaelic script. The solemn occasion marked the first time a foreign head of state formally honoured the executed leaders of the 1916 Rising, on whose graves Kennedy placed a wreath.

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