on November 10-11, 1919, of
Eamon de Valera,
future Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister)
and future President of Ireland
Irish revolutionary leader Eamon de Valera (Dev) visited Seattle in 1919, and the November 11, 1919, Seattle P-I reported that the “Head of So-Called Irish Republic” was greeted by a “Tumultuous Throng”. Eight months prior, Dev escaped from London's Lincoln Prison using a key baked inside a fruitcake! He came to the US, including to Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane, to raise funds for the Irish War of Independence, raising over five million dollars, an extraordinary sum in 1919. Above is the report in Seattle P-I, and below is a report on the visit in the Catholic Northwest Proigress.
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