{"id":13992,"date":"2020-04-12T10:01:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T14:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13992"},"modified":"2020-04-13T09:03:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:03:34","slug":"president-higgins-leads-special-easter-rising-commemoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13992","title":{"rendered":"President Higgins Leads Special Easter Rising Commemoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/higgins_easter2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"295\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/higgins_easter2020.png 529w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/higgins_easter2020-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/>President Michael D Higgins led a special commemoration marking the 104th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony took place at \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in and the GPO, the rebels\u2019 headquarters during the 1916 Rising.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony began with President Higgins ringing the Peace Bell at \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in, followed by a prayer and a reading of the Proclamation. President Higgins then laid a wreath at a group of 16 birch trees that were planted by himself and Sabina in honor of the revolutionaries executed after the 1916 Rising. The laying of the wreath was followed by a minute\u2019s silence, commemorating those who died in the Easter Rising as well as the victims of the COVID19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-13992\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13992&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-13992\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13992&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-13992\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13992&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13992\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Michael D Higgins led a special commemoration marking the 104th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising on Sunday. The ceremony took place at \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in and the GPO, the rebels\u2019 headquarters during the 1916 Rising. 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