President Kennedy and Taoiseach (Prime Minister of Ireland) Seán Lemass. Visit of 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 his 1963 state visit to Ireland, President John F. Kennedy stands at attention before the Arbour Hill Memorial in Dublin. Flanked by saluting military officers and Taoiseach Seán Lemass (in civilian attire, second from left), Kennedy placed a wreath on the graves of the executed leaders of the 1916 Rising. In doing so, he became the first foreign head of state to honour them in a formal ceremony. The commemorative wreath sits in the foreground before the long stone wall, which is inscribed in both Irish and English.

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