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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-27-E
KN37
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29380
Welcoming ceremony for President John F. Kennedy at Redmond Place in Wexford, Ireland. President Kennedy (center right) stands at front of the speakers' platform with Lord Mayor of Wexford, Councillor Thomas F. Byrne (right of lectern, wearing red robe), and an unidentified man; also pictured (seated on platform): Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey; President Kennedy's sisters, Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Jean Kennedy Smith; and the President's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland. The President delivered an address and received an Honorary Freedom of the City of Wexford during the ceremony.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29378
President John F. Kennedy (center, at lectern) delivers an address before the crowd gathered at Redmond Place in Wexford, Ireland, during a welcoming ceremony in his honor. Seated behind President Kennedy is Lord Mayor of Wexford, Councillor Thomas F. Byrne (wearing red robe); to the right of the lectern (on table) are the gilt silver chest and scroll presented to the President, as part of the ceremony, granting him the Honorary Freedom of the City of Wexford.