Before his execution, in a spirit of reconciliation, Childers obtained a promise from his then 16-year-old son, the future President Erskine Hamilton Childers, to seek out and shake the hand of every man who had signed his father's death warrant.
Childers obtained a promise from his then 16-year-old son. This was in a spirit of reconciliation. This was before his execution. This was to seek out and shake the hand of every man who had signed his father's death warrant. The future President Erskine Hamilton Childers was his then 16-year-old son.