okay, this story think is fascinating. june 26th, 1963, president john f. kennedy gave one of the most famous speeches of his presidency. westbury line, height of the cold war, "ic bin even berliner," i am a berliner in a crowd. there's been snarky concern that technically he was beclairing himself to be a delicious german pastry, ein bear liner what is you call jelly doughnuts. but what it was was a moving gesture of solidarity to the people of berlin. ich bin ein berliner, one of the most iconic moments of the presidency or the cold war. june 26, 1963. then the next day right after his epic speech in west berlin, president kennedy went to ireland as the first irish