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.

During a solemn military ceremony 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. He was the first foreign head of state to honor them in a formal ceremony. To the left, Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Seán Lemass looks on as officers salute and an honor guard stands at attention on the wet paving stones. The group is gathered before the memorial wall, which is inscribed with text and mounted with a large cross under an overcast sky.

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