Even if it took a century and a half, there were hopes to make the White House green from the start. Just two years after George Washington took his oath of office as the nation’s first chief executive, there was… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘John F Kennedy’
JFK, Joan Crawford & Why She was in Dallas When He was Shot
There’s been some peculiar pairs among Presidents and Movie Stars: Harry Truman and Tallulah Bankhead, George Bush and George Clooney, Richard Nixon and Jackie Gleason, Calvin Coolidge and Tom Mix John F. Kennedy and Movie Star Joan Crawford, however, might… Read More ›
Justin Bieber to Thomas Edison: Eight Celebrity Degrees of Separation
Justin Bieber to John Waters to William Burroughs to David Bowie to Liz Taylor to Joan Crawford to John F. Kennedy to Grace Coolidge to Thomas Edison On January 23, 2014, teenage pop music sensation Justin Bieber was arrested for… Read More ›
Jackie Kennedy’s Last White House Days & What She Found in JFK’s Desk
Two weeks to the day that her husband was assassinated, presidential widow Jacqueline Kennedy moved out of the White House. It was December 6, 1963. This article has been converted into a pay-per-view ePublication, and is available here for reading and… Read More ›
JFK’s Children: John’s Birthday on his Father’s Burial Day & How Caroline Was Told JFK was Gone
The absence of their mother during the shocking aftermath of their father’s murder had led to several hours of uncertainty about who should first break the news to Caroline Kennedy and John Kennedy, Jr. and how it should be explained…. Read More ›
Jackie Kennedy’s Notes Reveal JFK’s 2nd Term Plans
There were minor matters to be resolved and legislative agendas to be initiated. There were new directions she intended to take and a progression of efforts he had already begun. Whether President John F. Kennedy or First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy… Read More ›
Jackie Kennedy’s Four Dark Days in Rare Pictures
From the moment it was announced on November 22, 1963 that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated until he was buried four days later, the world’s attention focused on his widow Jacqueline Kennedy. Despite the First Lady’s achievements as… Read More ›
JFK Shot: Other Presidents & First Ladies React
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 ›
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 ›
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