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Brig. Gen. John Andonie, the Director of Joint Staff for the New York National Guard and a former commander of the 1st Battalion 69th Infantry, reads the poem "Rouge Bouquet" , a World War I poem about the death of 69th Infantry Soldiers, during a memorial service held to recognize Civil War veterans who served in the Irish Brigade and the 69th Infantry at the Soldiers Lot in Albany Rural Cemetery on March 10, 2019. Veterans of the New York National Guard's 1st Battalion 69th Infantry who live in the Albany, N.Y.- area marked the graves of Irish-American Civil War Soldiers at Albany Rural Cemetery and St. Agnes Catholic Cemetery to acknowledge the link between their service and the 69th Infantry, wwhich was historically an Irish-American unit and part of the Irish Brigade during the war. ( U.S. Army National Guard photo by Eric Durr)
| Date Taken: | 03.10.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 03.11.2019 12:50 |
| Photo ID: | 5167913 |
| VIRIN: | 190310-Z-EK423-1009 |
| Resolution: | 2084x3260 |
| Size: | 3.9 MB |
| Location: | MENANDS, NY, US |
| Web Views: | 14 |
| Downloads: | 8 |
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NY National Guard Soldiers, vets honor Civil War Irish Soldiers
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