Like millions of people across the globe, there was horrified shock among those who had once held the position of President of the United States and First Lady, and most of those who would someday follow, when they heard the… Read More ›
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How Texans Treated JFK
It was so darkly ironic and therefor all the more painful, recalled my late, great friend Liz Carpenter, a proud sixth-generation Texan, because “a real effort was made to inspire peoplei into giving President Kennedy the warmest and most enthusiastic… Read More ›
Jackie Kennedy’s Speech the Night Before JFK’s Murder
It really started with constituent mail. She was the new wife of a new United States Senator who represented the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with a constituency at the time of many first-generation immigrants. And she could speak and write well… Read More ›
Jackie Onassis Said JFK “picked” her Pink Suit for Dallas, 4 Years Before She Died
Very few articles of clothing are perhaps more famous than it. In just one still image, the sight of it carries a myriad of messages about so many aspects of not only American Culture It is a crystallization of an… Read More ›
Jackie Onassis Said JFK “picked” her Pink Suit for Dallas, Before She Died
Very few articles of clothing are perhaps more famous than it. In just one still image, the sight of it carries a myriad of messages about so many aspects of not only American Culture It is a crystallization of an… Read More ›
The House that Jackie Built: Home Movie Inside the Kennedy Weekend Home
Later in life she mused that she might have studied architecture, so interested was she in the design and flowing layout of rooms as the primary blueprint for creating the interior furnishings of a beautiful home. Jackie Kennedy came close… Read More ›
The Kennedy Family’s Last Public Appearance Together
Among the many public projects of Jacqueline Kennedy as First Lady which continue to be overlooked was her ongoing effort to use the expanse of the great South Lawn of the White House as an outdoor space to provide entertainment… Read More ›
Why John F. Kennedy Took His Son to Arlington Cemetery
(This is the first in a series of illustrated articles recounting the last days of the Kennedy family in the White House during November of 1963. Some will be made available for nominal purchase.) The President and Mrs. Kennedy with… Read More ›
A First Lady Survives Presidential Assassination Plus Rare Funeral Images
Four Presidents of the United States have been assassinated, each leaving a widowed First Lady. The most recent of these dark moments in history took place fifty years ago this month, when President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed… Read More ›
Jackie Kennedy’s Surprise Party for Nancy Tuckerman, Her Confidential Friend of a Lifetime
She has never been fully credited with the lifetime of devoted friendship and trust she provided for her friend, who happened to be the world’s most famous woman, but public acclaim was always the last thing which Nancy Tuckerman sought…. Read More ›
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