Robert Emmet

(1778 - 1803)

Presented to the People

of Ireland

by

The Robert Emmet

Statue Committee

of the

United States of America

April 13, 1966

Francis J. Kane, Chairman

Ambassador Scott McLeod

Devlin W. Dormer, Esq.

Hon. Michael J. Kirwan, M.C.

Hon. Thomas P. O'Neill, M.C.

Hon. Daniel J. Flood, M.C.

Hon. John E. Fogarty, M.C.

N. ...

Savannah's Irish and Robert Emmet Park

Once known as the Strand and later as Irish Green because of its proximity to the Irish residents of Savannah's Old Fort neighborhood, this park was renamed in 1902 for the Irish patriot Robert Emmet (1778-1803) to commemorate the centennial ...

Robert Emmet

[front (south) face of statue base:

Robert Emmet

Irish Patriot

1778-1803

[Coat of arms of "The United Irishmen"]

[plaque on north face of the statue base:]

"I wished to procure for my

country the guarantee which

Washington procured for America...

"I have parted from everything

that ...