August 22, 2006

Honoring 'the Fighting 69th'New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg holds "Alaska," the American Bald Eagle, during the unveiling of Ireland's National Monument to the New York National Guard's 69th Infantry Regiment "the Fighting 69th" who fought with the Union forces in the American Civil War, and it's leader, Brig. Gen. Michael Corcoran, in Ballymote, Ireland, on Tuesday.