Today is the Fiftieth Anniversary of the opening of the John F. Kennedy Arboretum in New Ross, County Wexford. May 29 is also President Kennedy’s birthday. Pictured planting a tree at the 1968 opening is Sean P. Keating, Chairman of the President Kennedy Memorial Committee. Twelve year-old Maria Shriver, Joan Kennedy and Eunice Kennedy Shriver are looking on. Photo courtesy Matt Larkin.