In Dublin, a half-dozen Irish soldiers toting guns with brilliantly polished bayonets formed a guard of honour outside the U.S. Embassy as the American flag was lowered to half-staff. An Irish army commander at the embassy drew a sword and held it aloft as a lone trumpeter played The Last Post, the traditional British salute to war dead. A bagpiper played laments including Amazing Grace. A U.S. Marine raised the flag again as the bugler sounded an upbeat Reveille. More than a dozen retired Irish army officers who, as teenage cadets, had formed an honour guard at Kennedys graveside gathered in the front garden of the embassy in the heart of the Irish capital to remember the first Irish-American to become leader of the free world.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:43:38 +0000
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