Post by earl on Dec 10, 2007 15:13:10 GMT
Don't agree with this at all. You can smell the stench of imperialism off Bruton most days.
EU Ambassador honors Irish soldiers killed in Indian wars
SAN ANGELO, Texas: The European Union's ambassador to the United States placed wreaths Sunday on the headstones of five Irish frontier soldiers at the Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, a restored military post.
"I'm aware of how many Irish people found a way of making a life in other countries by serving in the armed forces," said Ambassador John Bruton, a former prime minister of Ireland. "Today we recognize that the heroism of these people is being honored."
Bruton said in a story for Monday's San Angelo Standard-Times that it was important to honor those who were foreign born and helped settle the American frontier.
While the grave sites of the five Irish soldiers killed in the Indian wars of the 1870s are unknown, the headstones commemorating their sacrifice are located between the headquarters and quartermaster buildings at the east end of the parade ground. The post closed in 1889.
Bruton was in San Angelo as part of a three-day visit and planned to participate in a round-table discussion Monday on health care, immigration and trade policy.
On another subject Sunday, Bruton said wind energy is important as a renewable resource and that people must learn to love wind turbines that some see as unsightly.
He said people must accept that "function is beauty."
EU Ambassador honors Irish soldiers killed in Indian wars
SAN ANGELO, Texas: The European Union's ambassador to the United States placed wreaths Sunday on the headstones of five Irish frontier soldiers at the Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, a restored military post.
"I'm aware of how many Irish people found a way of making a life in other countries by serving in the armed forces," said Ambassador John Bruton, a former prime minister of Ireland. "Today we recognize that the heroism of these people is being honored."
Bruton said in a story for Monday's San Angelo Standard-Times that it was important to honor those who were foreign born and helped settle the American frontier.
While the grave sites of the five Irish soldiers killed in the Indian wars of the 1870s are unknown, the headstones commemorating their sacrifice are located between the headquarters and quartermaster buildings at the east end of the parade ground. The post closed in 1889.
Bruton was in San Angelo as part of a three-day visit and planned to participate in a round-table discussion Monday on health care, immigration and trade policy.
On another subject Sunday, Bruton said wind energy is important as a renewable resource and that people must learn to love wind turbines that some see as unsightly.
He said people must accept that "function is beauty."
