Video: 'June 27, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy presented with old Irish Silver and New Ross Lace'

(Thursday, June 27, 1963) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy spent the first full day of a visit to Ireland, the land of his ancestors, stopping by the County Wexford home of his great-grandfather, Patrick Kennedy, who’d emigrated to America in 1848. Kennedy was hosted by his third cousin, widow Mary Ann Ryan (click here for more videos from this day).

Video: 'June 27, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy's Remarks on the Quay at New Ross'

Video: 'John F. Kennedy in New Ross and Wexford, Ireland, June 27th 1963.'

Video: 'June 27, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy arrives at Wexford Park, Ireland'

Video: 'June 27, 1963 - John F. Kennedy visiting his cousin Mary Ryan in Dunganstown (Color)'

Video: 'June 27, 1963 - John F. Kennedy visiting his cousin Mary Ryan in Dunganstown, Ireland'

Video: 'June 27, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy's Remarks at Redmond Place in Wexford, Ireland'

Video: 'June 27, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy Attends Garden Party at Áras an Uachtaráin, Ireland'