The 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s Visit to The Kennedy Homestead in New Ross takes place today.
A commemoration is being held with guests including Stephanie Hood, granddaughter of the late Jean Kennedy Smith, and a delegation from the White House Historical Society.
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On June 27th, 1963, President Kennedy visited the ancestral home of his great-grandfather, Patrick Kennedy, who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States, this was part of his speech.
“When my great-grandfather left here to become a Cooper in East Boston, he carried nothing with him except two things, a strong religious faith and a strong desire for liberty,”.
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