In 1995, U.S. President Bill Clinton visited Northern Ireland in a crucial moment for The Troubles. The United States was helping facilitate the talks between the two sides and this visit was an incredibly important symbolic gesture. Previously, it would have been unthinkable for a leader as prominent as Clinton to travel to Northern Ireland. Now, not only was he visiting the region, but he was also going out in public, meeting with leaders on both sides of the aisle, and representing the hope that an agreement could finally be made. Though it would be three more years until the Good Friday Agreement was signed, this was a welcome sign that things could be changing for the better.