All Blog Posts Tagged 'JFK' (19)

Add Kennedy To 'The Wall'

A new addition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- one cannot simultanously serve two masters. Mine is finishing my effort to bring Sherlock across the pond, …

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Added by James Francis Smith on July 26, 2017 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Ask Not Why

'My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.' -- JFK

For JFK

May 29, 1917 - Nov…

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Added by John Anthony Brennan on November 21, 2016 at 12:00am — 13 Comments

Kennedy Assassination -- Hulls -- Spent Cartridge Cases

Author James Francis Smith's

Post – 7/11/16

An excerpt fromThe…

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Added by James Francis Smith on July 11, 2016 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

The Kennedy Crevasse

For over 50 years, the practice of cherry picking, to prove a specific presumption, has trapped those endeavoring to solve Kennedy's assassination in a verbal…

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Added by James Francis Smith on July 4, 2016 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Is Irish Pride on the Wane?

In the 2010 census over 38 million acknowledged their Irish ancestry. Recently IrishCentral.com pegged the number at 36 million.

I believe the decline occurred because Irish-Americans in general don't understand what our…

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Added by James Francis Smith on February 19, 2016 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

John F. Kennedy: A Very Personal Retrospective



From November 2013

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I’ve been thinking about the assassination of President Kennedy a lot the last two weeks. I will be…

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Added by Jim Gregory on January 7, 2015 at 7:30pm — 3 Comments

Oswald's Backyard Photos

Oswald’s Backyard Photos…

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Added by James Francis Smith on October 7, 2014 at 4:59pm — No Comments

Sherlock / JFK Submission #2

Sherlock / JFK Murder

Linkedin Long-form…

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Added by James Francis Smith on September 25, 2014 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Jackie Kennedy's Letters to Dublin Priest to be Sold at Auction

Is is just me, or does anyone else find the release of private letters from Jackie Kennedy to Father Joseph Leonard, a Vincentian priest from Dublin, particularly distasteful?

Are there no sacred boundaries we won't cross for the voyeuristic pleasure of the unrelenting…

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Added by Maryann Tracy on May 13, 2014 at 9:00am — 12 Comments

JFK - 'The Torch Still Burns Brightly' - World Premiere

I hope this finds you well and in good form for St Patrick's weekend.

I just want to let you know about my newly composed work "The Torch Still Burns…

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Added by Vincent Kennedy on March 13, 2014 at 6:30pm — No Comments

If Not Oswald then Who?

I recently met a woman born on the very day of Kennedy’s assassination, Erica fervently desires to learn who really killed him. Proving that even with the…

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Added by James Francis Smith on December 31, 2013 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Jacqueline Kennedy's Handwritten Letter to De Valera

The image to the left is the first page of a hand-written letter from Jacqueline Kennedy to Eamon De Valera in January of 1964.  In the letter, Mrs. Kennedy expresses how much her late husband's trip to Ireland the previous summer had impacted him, and how much his Irish heritage meant to him.  

You can download the full letter in PDF format by clicking…

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Added by Ryan O'Rourke on November 22, 2013 at 2:09pm — 3 Comments

Remembering JFK 50 Years On



Articles

What JFK Meant to the Irish ... Worldwide

Bruton: JFK's…

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Added by The Wild Geese on November 22, 2013 at 11:00am — No Comments

Bruton: JFK's Visit a Dramatic Turning Point for Ireland

By John Bruton

In 1963, when President John Fitzgerald Kennedy visited Ireland, I was 15 years of age.

To understand the impact of President Kennedy, one has to understand that the Ireland of 1960 was a very different place, even to the…

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Added by The Wild Geese on November 21, 2013 at 1:00pm — 5 Comments

What JFK Meant To the Irish … Worldwide

I am glad to be here. It took 115 years to make this trip,

and 6,000 miles, and three generations. But I…

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Added by The Wild Geese on November 19, 2013 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

This Week in the History of the Irish: July 28 - August 3

The National Gallery of Ireland

Patrick Sarsfield, by William Mossop

LUAIN -- On July 29, 1693, units…

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Added by The Wild Geese on July 28, 2013 at 1:00am — No Comments

Irish-American Authority Takes On 'Killing Kennedy'

Narrative-History with an Irish Flavor

 

An Open Letter to Bill…

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Added by James Francis Smith on June 10, 2013 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Free book "Irish-American Chronicle"

Hi

To thank Gerry Regan for his delightful article, "Author James Francis Smith's Eye Fixed on Irish-America", I'm offering a copy of my Kindle book "Irish-American Chronicle" as an email insert to the members of thenewwildgeese. Just send an email to 236sulis@gmail.com with the subject "The Wild Geese," and I''ll reply with an attachment of the book.

Irish-American Chronicle is a concise tale (130+ pages) which takes the reader along a historical byway lightly…

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Added by James Francis Smith on April 19, 2013 at 5:02pm — No Comments

Western Civilization Now The Irish-American Chronicle

When a real-estate agent has less foot traffic than desired, he remodels the house, paints it, gets rid of the clutter, adds features the competition doesn’t have, and reduces the price.



That’s what happened to Western Civilization. It endured a title change, a new cover, a price reduction, and new features to educate while telling an interest-gripping story.



Visit my blog www.theirish-americanstory.com for…

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Added by James Francis Smith on April 10, 2013 at 3:30pm — No Comments

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