(HYANNIS, MA) –February 7, 2022 - The Town of Barnstable and the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum now have a more complete story of who created the bronze medallions on the JFK Memorial overlooking Lewis Bay in Hyannis.Dedicated on July 8, 1966 by the citizens of Barnstable to commemorate their fallen neighbor, the memorial features a granite
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A 17-year-old John F. Kennedy wrote a five-sentence college admissions essay to Harvard University -- and got in, of course! It’s no “Ask not… ” speech, that’s for sure. John F. Kennedy’s college admissions letter to Harvard University has resurfaced on social media some 87 years later, and the Twitterati are hardly impressed with
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HYANNIS, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — The John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum said they have questions about an invitation for an event that officials are not sure happened. An invitation to a Hyannis Inaugural Ball, set on the day of JFK's 1961 inauguration, was uncovered during a winter cleanout of the JFK Hyannis Museum, said museum Executive Director
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JFK’s civil rights leadership still lights a path for our fractured country The Civil Rights Act was a historic achievement with far-reaching impact, yet racial injustices remained beyond its reach. By Patricia Sullivan Dallas Morning News Nov 28, 2021 CST “No American president up to this time has dealt so forthrightly and courageously with
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Presented by collector and AFDCS member Henry Scheuer on November 14, 2021. The John F. Kennedy memorial stamp of 1964 (Sc. 1246) was one of the most popular U.S. stamps of its era. It went on sale at nearly every post office, and many collectors had the stamp postmarked locally on the
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Sixty years ago the Soviet Union detonated the world’s most powerful nuclear weapon, with a force 3,333 times that of the bomb used on Hiroshima. Kennedy’s calculated nonresponse to the pushy clamor showed his “deep revulsion for nuclear weapons. The explosive force of the Soviet device — nicknamed Tsar Bomba, or the Tsar’s bomb, and
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A must see video of President John F. Kennedy's family during a weekend at Hammersmith Farm, Newport, Rhode Island in September 1963. With President Kennedy are First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., and Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. “Red” Fay Jr. and his family.
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A little less than three years before his tragic death, the Prince of Camelot quietly wed his princess in an intimate wedding that’s been described by a close friend and in-law as “one of the best-kept secrets of modern time.” At his rehearsal dinner, the groom gushed, “Carolyn has changed my life in a way
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Boston — RR Auction is proud to present Remarkable Rarities—a live auction hosted in Boston, MA on September 25th. The premier annual auction event features only the best of the best—a small, curated selection of the most elite items we will offer for sale all year. Highlights include; JFK's diary from the summer of
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HYANNIS, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — A rocking chair that could be one of the most famous in the world, can now be found on Cape Cod.President John F. Kennedy's famous rocking chair will call Hyannis home for the next two years. The chair is on display at the JFK Hyannis Museum until 2023 after previously
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