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One of the things that guides frequently
do when they're offering a battlefield

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tour to a general visitor
is to personalize the tour.

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And we're quite certain

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that Colonel Sheads also did this
for the president and his family.

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He knew, obviously, of Kennedy's Irish
heritage on both sides of his family.

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Kennedy on one side,
Fitzgerald on the other.

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So we know that he drove him
past the New York

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Irish Brigade Monument,
which is just over my right shoulder.

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This particular monument
shows the Celtic Cross.

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It also shows at the base,
the Irish wolfhound

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showing devotion and loyalty
to the men of the brigade.

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Also above the dog,
you'll also see the Irish harp.

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And above that
you'll see the three numerical numbers

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that are for New York regiments,
both the 63rd, 69th and 88th Regiment.

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It was in this general vicinity,
that Colonel

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Patrick Kelly's Irish Brigade
engaged Joseph

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Kershaw's South Carolinians in an area
that was frequently called the Stony Hill.