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100 years ago today, John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, MA. As our nation’s 35th President, he asked us to help make the world a better place. Today as we celebrate his birthday, join us in recommitting ourselves to his timeless values. Sign the card: jfkcentennial.org/card#JFK100
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Happy 100th Birthday, John F. Kennedy!
Monday, May 29, 2017 marks what would have been President John F. Kennedy’s 100th birthday. As the JFK Library honors the legacy of the 35th President of the United States, metadata catalogers in the Archives Digitization division are working on describing nitrate negatives from the Kennedy Family Collection photographs that feature snapshots of John F. Kennedy’s life originating from his birth until the early 1950s. The photographs exhibit a more private, personal side of his life not often seen by the public.
These images were taken in the mid 1940s. Photographs © John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
Read more about the nitrate cataloging projectorview recently cataloged nitrate negatives on our website.
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Happy 100th Birthday, John F. Kennedy!
Monday, May 29, 2017 marks what would have been President John F. Kennedy’s 100th birthday. As the JFK Library honors the legacy of the 35th President of the United States, metadata catalogers in the Archives Digitization division are working on describing nitrate negatives from the Kennedy Family Collection photographs that feature snapshots of John F. Kennedy’s life originating from his birth until the early 1950s. The photographs exhibit a more private, personal side of his life not often seen by the public.
These images were taken in the mid 1930s in Palm Beach, Florida, and Bronxville, New York. Photographs © John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
Read more about the nitrate cataloging project or view recently cataloged nitrate negatives on our website.
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On May 29, 1917 – 100 years ago – John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, MA. As our nation’s 35th President, he asked us to help make the world a better place. Today as we celebrate his birthday, join us in recommitting ourselves to his timeless values. Sign the card: jfkcentennial.org/card#JFK100
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Happy 100th Birthday, John F. Kennedy!
Monday, May 29, 2017 marks what would have been President John F. Kennedy’s 100th birthday. As the JFK Library honors the legacy of the 35th President of the United States, metadata catalogers in the Archives Digitization division are working on describing nitrate negatives from the Kennedy Family Collection photographs that feature snapshots of John F. Kennedy’s life originating from his birth until the early 1950s. The photographs exhibit a more private, personal side of his life not often seen by the public.
These images come from his youth, starting shortly after his birth in 1917 through 1924. Photographs © John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
Read more about the nitrate cataloging projectorview recently cataloged nitrate negatives on our website.
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Today in History: The First Televised Presidential Debate
During the 1960 Presidential campaign, JFK challenged Nixon to a series of debates before a live television audience. Knowing that he was the front-runner, Nixon’s advisers cautioned him against accepting. Nixon was confident of his debating skills though and agreed. Approximately 70 million Americans watched on the night of September 26. JFK spoke directly to the cameras and the national audience. Nixon, in traditional debating style, appeared to be responding to JFK.
Studies would later show that of the four million voters who made up their minds as a result of the debates, three million voted for Kennedy. Nixon seemed much more poised and relaxed in the three subsequent debates, but it was the first encounter that reshaped the election.
Here’s a clip of what television viewers saw during the first Kennedy-Nixon debate in Chicago on this day in 1960. You can watch the full debate from the JFK Library!
What pre-television President would you most like to see speak?
Today is the wedding anniversary of Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John F. Kennedy. They were married on September 12, 1953, in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
Jacqueline Bouvier’s ivory silk wedding gown required 50 yards of ivory silk taffeta and took more than two months to make. It was the creation of Ann Lowe, an African-American dress-maker born in Grayton, Alabama, who had designed gowns for the matrons of high society families. Ms. Lowe was 54 when she designed the Bouvier wedding dress, which featured a portrait neckline and bouffant skirt decorated with interwoven bands of tucking and tiny wax flowers. She also designed the pink faille silk gowns and matching Tudor caps worn by the bridal attendants.
Over twelve hundred guests attended the reception at Hammersmith Farm, the oceanfront estate of Jacqueline’s stepfather, Hugh D. Auchincloss. This home movie footage of the bride and groom dancing was taken by JFK’s close friend Paul Fay. Throughout 2017, we’re celebrated the JFK Centennial with a series all about JFK!
More on the wedding of Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy from the JFK Library
We think JFK would have approved of National Waffle Day. In 1958, then-Senator Kennedy was asked to submit a recipe for a casserole cookbook. He responded that he did “not have a favorite casserole recipe” but used the opportunity to share his favorite recipe for waffles.
Well played, JFK.
JFK’s Favorite Recipes from the @JFKLibrary
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Today’s JFK100 post features President and Jacqueline Kennedy’s trip to Mexico in late June, 1962. About 1.5 million people lined the streets to watch JFK’s motorcade, and a blizzard of confetti showered them as they made their way through the city. In a message sent to President López Mateos after the trip, JFK wrote, “I came to meet a president and statesman, I have left him as a friend. ¡Viva México!”
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JFK and Jacqueline Kennedy with Ballet Folklorico dancers at the National Institute of Fine Arts; in Mexico City with the President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, and First Lady of Mexico, Eva Sámano de López Mateos, on the front steps of Los Pinos, the official residence of the President of Mexico; JFK’s motorcade to Los Pinos; Jacqueline Kennedy delivered a speech in Spanish at the Hotel Maria Isabel; Mexico City. 6/30/1962.
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JFK grew up in a household devoted to athletic activity. He swam and played golf and football for the junior varsity at Harvard and tried his hand at boxing.
In later years, he remained an accomplished golfer and, despite chronic back pain, he continued to enjoy football, tennis, and softball with family and friends, and to sail Victura, his 26-foot sloop in the Nantucket Sound.
As President, JFK challenged the nation to become more active. He challenged the Marines to walk 50 miles in 20 hours, and high school students to earn awards from the President’s Council on Physical Fitness.
Here’s a clip of JFK playing football at the Kennedy family home in Hyannisport, from home movie footage taken by friend Paul Fay. Video from the JFK Library.
We’re celebrating the centennial of JFK’s birth throughout 2017 and this month’s #JFK100 theme is “candid photos.”Join us for more JFK100 every week!
Here’s the scoop – this Sunday is National Ice Cream Day! In honor of this very important day, watch a *sweet* moment in Presidential history of JFK enjoying an ice cream cone given to him by his son, John Jr.
Video from the JFK Library: Hyannis Port and Squaw Island, September 6-8, 1963.
John F. Kennedy and Paul Fay first met and became friends during WWII and remained close through Kennedy’s Presidency. Fay was an usher at John and Jacqueline Kennedy’s wedding, worked on JFK’s campaigns, and was Undersecretary of the Navy during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Among his papers donated to the JFK Library is home movie footage taken by Fay of their friends and family. This video clip from Fay’s movies offers an informal glimpse into the two friends goofing around, and JFK playing golf, circa 1953.
We’re sharing candid photos for #JFK100 this month. Join us for an informal look at vacations, recreation, and family time! More on the JFK Centennial Celebration from the JFK Library.
On many summer weekends, the Presidential helicopter would bring JFK to the Kennedy home in Hyannis Port. Edward M. Kennedy, JFK’s youngest brother, later recalled that the home on Cape Cod was “alive with children and good times.”
This clip is from a silent motion picture containing candid footage of JFK’s family weekend from the JFK Library: Hyannis Port, SquawIsland, Massachusetts, August 2-5, 1963.
This month’s #JFK100 theme is “candid photos,” join us for more informal videos and photos of JFK and family!
Jacqueline Kennedy and the Mona Lisa
Perhaps no other White House dinner had more personal meaning for Jacqueline Kennedy than the evening honoring French Minister of Culture André Malraux at the White House on May 11, 1962. The First Lady and Malraux had developed a friendship following a tour of Paris art museums during the Kennedy’s state visit to Paris in June 1961. By according him all the courtesies normally reserved for a head of state, the Kennedys hoped to focus national attention on the role of the arts in America and encourage the development of Washington as a cultural center.
At the end of the evening, Monsieur Malraux whispered a promise to Jacqueline Kennedy that he would send to her France’s most famous cultural treasure, La Giaconda–known as the Mona Lisa–to be displayed at the National Gallery in Washington. In December 1962, Malraux accompanied the painting to the United States where more than 700,000 people saw it at National Gallery of Art and more than a million others viewed it at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
As First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy invited artists, writers, scientists, poets, and musicians to mingle with politicians, diplomats, and statesmen at the White House. On January 18, 1962, JFK and Jacqueline Kennedy hosted a dinner in honor of composer Igor Stravinsky.
The Russian-born composer was in Washington, DC to conduct the performances of his “Oedipus Rex” by the Washington Opera Society. A White House Memo for JFK noted that although FDR had invited the composer in the 1940s, it was the first time Stravinsky would visit the White House.
More-Arts and Culture in the Kennedy White House from the JFK Library
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JFK and Jacqueline Kennedy greeting composer Stravinksy and his wife Vera de Bosset Stravinsky as they arrive at the WhiteHouse. 1/18/62
Composer Igor Stravinksy and his wife Vera de Bosset Stravinsky arriving for a dinner party in their honor at the White House. 1/18/62.
Our #JFK100 theme this month is Arts, Culture, and Jacqueline Kennedy. Join us for more about Jackie all month!
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Jacqueline Kennedy started her first job in 1951 as the “Inquiring Camera Girl” for the Washington Times-Herald newspaper. As she roved around the city, she took pictures of people she encountered, asked them questions on the issues of the day, and wove their answers into her newspaper column. Among those she interviewed for her column was Richard Nixon. She also covered the first inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
During this time, Jacqueline met John F. Kennedy, who was a congressman and soon-to-be-elected senator from Massachusetts. They married in September, 1953. This clip of the couple with Ethel Kennedy is from a home movie taken by JFK’s close friend from WWII, Paul Fay.
-from the JFK Library. Our #JFK100 theme this month is Arts, Culture, and Jacqueline Kennedy. Join us for more about Jackie all month!
“I do not think it altogether inappropriate to introduce myself… I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.”
In May of 1961, President and Jacqueline Kennedy traveled to France for a state visit. Jacqueline had previously lived in France for a year and studied at the Sorbonne when she was 20 years old. Her return to France as First Lady drew adoring crowds who were won over by her appreciation of French culture and fluency in the language.
This video from the @JFKLibrary is from the United States Information Service film, “The Task Begun: President Kennedy in Europe, 1961.” Our #JFK100 theme this month is Arts, Culture, and Jacqueline Kennedy. Join us for more about Jackie all month!
“The willingness of all Americans, men and women, young and old, to serve in the Peace Corps, to serve in all parts of the world, to serve with little pay, to do jobs that most of them have never done before, is one of the most encouraging manifestations of American spirit that this country has seen in many years.”
This video is from a Peace Corps public service announcement that John F. Kennedy made from the Oval Office. JFK established the Peace Corps by Executive Order on March 1, 1961. Tanganyika and Ghana were the first countries to participate. JFK welcomed the inaugural group of volunteers at the White House on August 28, 1961, to give them a personal farewell before their departure to Africa.
