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JFK 100 Celebrated in New Ross

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
August / September 2017

August 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

More than 350 people attended a special ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Arboretum near New Ross, County Wexford, on May 29, marking the hour of the birth of America’s 35th president 100 years ago that day. Minister with Responsibility for Defense Paul Kehoe, Wexford County Council chairman Paddy Kavanagh, and U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Martin, who is stationed at … [Read more...] about JFK 100 Celebrated in New Ross

The New York Historical Society’s Moving JFK100 Exhibition

By Marsha Sorotick, Contributor
August / September 2017

August 1, 2017 by 1 Comment

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s birth, the New York Historical Society has mounted a bold exhibition, American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times. The primary display of the exhibition is a series of 77 images – “some iconic, some rarely seen,” according to the society’s description of the show – as well as is a video screen … [Read more...] about The New York Historical Society’s Moving JFK100 Exhibition

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