John Fitzgerald Kennedy, thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. The people who lived through it remember the moment—where they were, what
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US Special Forces Gift Presentation
In celebration of the opening of the Kennedy Library’s new Legacy Gallery later this spring, the Library is pleased and honored to accept a plaque of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School’s insignia for inclusion in the display.
Boston, MA – The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum today announced that on November 22, 2013 it will unveil a special new display, A Nation Remembers, presenting a selection of artifacts from the state funeral of President Kennedy. Several of the objects featured have never before been displayed publicly.
BOSTON, MA – The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, the official memorial to President John F. Kennedy, will observe the 50th anniversary of November 22, 1963 with a number of events that celebrate the legacy of the nation’s 35th President. Observances will include a ceremony webcasted by satellite from the Kennedy Library’s IM Pei-designed glass pavilion; the presentation of a selection of artifacts from the President’s State Funeral that have never before been displayed; an interactive documentary and website celebrating the vibrant presence of JFK in the world today; and an award ceremony on November 25 during which Jack Schlossberg, President Kennedy’s grandson, will celebrate two young Americans who answered President Kennedy’s call for pioneers of the New Frontier.
Judge Charles Price, a circuit court judge in Montgomery, Alabama, was honored in 1997 for his devotion to the principles of the American Constitution that compelled him to rule that a fellow circuit
Panel 3: Kennedy and Johnson TOM PUTNAM: So if we could have your attention. We'll now go to our next panel on the Presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson. CALLIE CROSSLEY: So now it
TOM PUTNAM: Good afternoon. Bienvenidos. I"m Tom Putnam, Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, and on behalf of Tom McNaught, Executive Director of the Kennedy Library
TOM PUTNAM: Good evening, and welcome everyone to the Kennedy Library. I'm Tom Putnam, the Library Director, and on behalf of Tom McNaught, Executive Director of the Kennedy Library Foundation, and
TOM PUTNAM: Good evening. I'm Tom Putnam, Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, and on behalf of Heather Campion, CEO of the Kennedy Library Foundation, and all of my
With Robert Dallek, Moderated by William Leuchtenburg DEBORAH LEFF: Good evening and welcome. I’m Deborah Leff, Director of the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, and on behalf of the Library and
Alan Brinkley, Lizabeth Cohen (moderator), Randall Kennedy, Michael Kazin, Arthur Schlesinger JOHN SHATTUCK: Forty years after the end of the Kennedy administration, President Kennedy’s values
DEBORAH LEFF: I am Deborah Leff, the Director of the John F. Kennedy Library, and with John Shattuck, CEO of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, I want to say it is a pleasure to have you here as