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White House Photographs
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Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan (far left, at lectern), delivers remarks before the crowd gathered at Eyre Square in Galway, Ireland, during a welcoming ceremony for President John F. Kennedy. President Kennedy (seated with back to camera, right of the Mayor) and other distinguished guests sit on the upper platform; to the right of the lectern (on table) are the gilt cylinder casket and scroll presented to the President, as part of the ceremony, granting him the Honorary Freedom of the City of Galway.