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Michael Collins assassination in 1922...
Michael Collins assassination in 1922...
Item # 590330
August 29, 1922
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, August 29, 1922
* Michael Collins assassination
* Irish Republican Army leader
* Irish Free State
This 12 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Nation's Tears Flow At Burial of Collins" with subhead: "Throngs Fill Dublin Cathedral and Streets During Mass for Slain Chief" (see photos). Coverage on the funeral and burial of IRA leader, Michael Collins.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Light browning, minor margin wear, a few stray blue pencil markings, otherwise good.
Category: The 20th Century