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    "title": "Press copy of President John F. Kennedy's address to the Irish Parliament, 28 June 1963",
    "description": "Press copy of President John F. Kennedy's address to the Oireachtas Éireann, the national parliament of Ireland, at Leinster House in Dublin, Ireland. In his speech the President discusses the historic relationship between Ireland and the United States, describes the numerous contributions to society made by Americans of Irish descent, and commends the representatives on Ireland's social, political, and economic advancements following the Famine. President Kennedy also explains the necessity for cooperative international relations in an increasingly global society, famously noting, \"The supreme reality of our time is our indivisibility as children of God and the common vulnerability of this planet.\"",
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    "ocrText": "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nJUNE 28, 1963\nsorto\nOFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY\nson\n(Dublin, Ireland)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\noren Vas of\nREMARKS\nOF\nTHE\nPRESIDENT\n5501 TO A JOINT SESSTON OF THE DAIL, AND SEANAD,\nLEINSTER HOUSE DUBLIN, IRELAND\n(AS ACTUALLY DELIVERED)\nMr. Speaker, Prime Minister, Members of the\nfare\nParliament: grateful for your welcome and for that of\nyour countrymen.\naud\nThe 13th day of September, 1862, will\nlong remembered in American history. At Fredericksburg,\nMaryland, thousands Pfought and diad on one of the\na\nbloodiest battlefields of the America Civil War One of the\nmost brilliant stories of that day was written by a band of\n1200 men tho went into battle wearing a greensprieintheir\nhats. They bore proud heritage and al special courage given\nto those who had long fought for the cause of freedom. I\nam\nreferring, of course, to the Irish Brigade. General Robert\n-\n809 E. Lee, the great military leader of the Southern Confederate\nforces, said of this group of men efter the battle, \"The gal-\nthis bold brigade made on the heights of\n'redericksburg is well'known. Neveriwere men'so brave.wo They\nenbloed their gallantzy on (that des-\nperate occasion. Their brilliant though hopeless assaults on\nour lines excited the hearty applause of our officers and\nsoldiers.\n300\nni or the 1200 men who took part in that assault, 280\n-\nsurvived the battle. The Irish Brigade \"was led into battle\nn that occasion by Brigadier General Thomas F. Meagher, who\nhad participated in the unsuccessful Irish uprising of 1848,\nwas captured by the British and sent in a prison ship to\nAustralia, from whence he finally came to Anerica. In the\n-IT fall of 1862, after serving with distinction and gallantry\ndel in some of the toughest fighting of this most bloody struggle,\nIrish Brigade was presented with a new set of flags. In\nthe city ceremony, the Sitychamberlaingave them the motto\n\"The Union, and Ireland Forever.\" Their old\n9011\nones having been torn'to shreds by bullets in previous\nbattles, Captain Richard McGee took possession of these flags\non September 2nd in New York City and arrived with them at\nstor the Battle of Fredericksburg and carried them in the battle.\nit Today, in recognition these gallant Irishmen and\naus what millions of other Irish have done for my country, and\nover through the generosity of the Fighting 69th, I would like to\nVipresent one of these flags to the people of Ireland. nese\nHOY ad V.00 DAS you can see, gentlemen, the battle honors of\nthe Brigade includeFrederioksburg, Chancellorsville, York-\ntown, Fair Oaks, Gaines Hill, Allen's Farm, Savage's Station,\nWhite Oak Bridge, Glendale, Malvern Hills, Antietam, Getts-\nburg, and Bristoe'sStation.o\novan soned\n10 elgosg 963 I am deeply honored to be your guest in the Free\n-DIF Parliament of a Firee Ireland. If this nation had achieved\nits present/political deconomic stature a century or so\nmy great grandfather might never have left New Ross,\nand [ might, if fortunate, be sitting down there withiyou.\nOf course. if your own President had never left Brooklyn,\nboyoThe might be standing up here instead of me.\nrua\nvateed\n-110.0 5% bus MORE\n(OVER)"
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