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Pulitzer-prize-winning photograph taken in 1957 by William Beall of MPD Officer Maurice J. Cullinane

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Irish American Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and Irish-American DC police officer Thomas Delahanty were wounded in the crossfire attempt on the life of President Reagan

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Irish -American protestors in DC about 1910

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"Tell me of America,” an Irish Mother wrote to her son.
"America? " replied the son. "Its filled with great hope and glory, with terrible tragedy and sadness and endless potential. It’s much like us, tis very Irish"

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