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Massachusetts Attractions: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Part 2
- By Connie Limon
- Published 08/16/2007
- U.S. History
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Connie Limon
Connie Limon publishes information portals and other websites.
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The early 1960s were extremely tumultuous times for the United States and the entire world. When you visit the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum it is helpful to gain an understanding of this era in our world-wide history.
In this article and those that follow I will provide brief summaries of the significant events that occurred during President Kennedy’s Years in office.
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Who was this fascinating woman who played a historical role during the Kennedy administration? Some of her contributions included:
• Restoration of the White House
• Her contribution to its collection of art and historical furnishings
• Her support of the arts
• Her leadership in historic preservation
• Her work as a traveling ambassador
Jacqueline Lee Bouiver was born on July 28, 1929 in Southampton, New York to an affluent Wall Street stockbroker who ancestors had arrived from France in the early 1800s. Her father’s name was John Vernon Bouvier III. Her mother, Janet Lee Bouvier was an accomplished equestrian of Irish and English parentage.
During childhood, Jackie lived in New York City and Long Island. She later lived in McLean, Virginia and Newport, Rhode Island following her mother’s divorce in 1940 and remarriage to Hugh D. Auchincloss II in 1942. Her favorite pastimes during these years were reading, sketching, writing poems and riding horses.
Jackie excelled in history, literature, art and French at Miss Porter’s School for Girls in Connecticut and Vassar College. In Paris, she studied at the Sorbonne in her junior year in 1949. Jackie then returned to the United States to earn a degree in French literature from George Washington University.
Jackie’s first job was in 1952. She worked as the “Inquiring Camera Girl” for the Washington Times-Herald. She roamed the city with her camera to capture citizens’ reactions to issues of the day. It was during this time that Jackie met the young senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy. They were married on September 12, 1953 at St. Mary’s Church in Newport.&n
bsp; Outside the church stood a crowd of 3,000 on-lookers trying to catch a glimpse of the newlyweds. The wedding reception at Hammersmith Farm was attended by 1,200 guests. The Hammersmith Farm was nearby the Auchincloss estate and was a place filled with happy memories for Jackie of the summers she spent there with her mother and stepfather, brothers and sisters.
John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy lived in the Georgetown section of Washington following their wedding. John F. Kennedy had major back surgery in 1955. It was during his convalescence from the surgery that Jackie encouraged his interest in writing Profiles in Courage, a study of principled political decision-making that he dedicated to her. Profiles in Courage won the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The year of 1957 was a very memorable one for the Kennedys’, as their first child, Caroline Bouiver Kennedy was also born in the month of November.
In January of 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy announced his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States. Just a few weeks later, Jacqueline became pregnant. Jackie’s doctors advised her to stay at home where she answered campaign mail, taped TV commercials, gave interviews and wrote the syndicated column of “Campaign Wife,” that carried across the nation. John F. Kennedy won the election of president of which they celebrated along with the birth of their second child, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr.
Jacqueline Kennedy became the third youngest first lady in U.S. history at the age of 31, and the first to be the mother of an infant in the White House since the turn of the century. Jackie adored her role as wife to John F. Kennedy and a mother to their children. She defined herself as a woman who was:
• “to take care of the President”
• “if you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do well matters very much.”
Continued in Part 3
Written by: Connie Limon. For more information about the history of, visiting and living in Massachusetts visit: http://smalldogs2.com/VisitingMassachusetts To submit articles and find a variety of FREE reprint articles visit http://www.camelotarticles.com
This article is FREE to publish with the resource box.
© 2007 Connie Limon All Rights Reserved
In this article and those that follow I will provide brief summaries of the significant events that occurred during President Kennedy’s Years in office.
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Who was this fascinating woman who played a historical role during the Kennedy administration? Some of her contributions included:
• Restoration of the White House
• Her contribution to its collection of art and historical furnishings
• Her support of the arts
• Her leadership in historic preservation
• Her work as a traveling ambassador
Jacqueline Lee Bouiver was born on July 28, 1929 in Southampton, New York to an affluent Wall Street stockbroker who ancestors had arrived from France in the early 1800s. Her father’s name was John Vernon Bouvier III. Her mother, Janet Lee Bouvier was an accomplished equestrian of Irish and English parentage.
During childhood, Jackie lived in New York City and Long Island. She later lived in McLean, Virginia and Newport, Rhode Island following her mother’s divorce in 1940 and remarriage to Hugh D. Auchincloss II in 1942. Her favorite pastimes during these years were reading, sketching, writing poems and riding horses.
Jackie excelled in history, literature, art and French at Miss Porter’s School for Girls in Connecticut and Vassar College. In Paris, she studied at the Sorbonne in her junior year in 1949. Jackie then returned to the United States to earn a degree in French literature from George Washington University.
Jackie’s first job was in 1952. She worked as the “Inquiring Camera Girl” for the Washington Times-Herald. She roamed the city with her camera to capture citizens’ reactions to issues of the day. It was during this time that Jackie met the young senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy. They were married on September 12, 1953 at St. Mary’s Church in Newport.&n
John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy lived in the Georgetown section of Washington following their wedding. John F. Kennedy had major back surgery in 1955. It was during his convalescence from the surgery that Jackie encouraged his interest in writing Profiles in Courage, a study of principled political decision-making that he dedicated to her. Profiles in Courage won the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The year of 1957 was a very memorable one for the Kennedys’, as their first child, Caroline Bouiver Kennedy was also born in the month of November.
In January of 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy announced his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States. Just a few weeks later, Jacqueline became pregnant. Jackie’s doctors advised her to stay at home where she answered campaign mail, taped TV commercials, gave interviews and wrote the syndicated column of “Campaign Wife,” that carried across the nation. John F. Kennedy won the election of president of which they celebrated along with the birth of their second child, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr.
Jacqueline Kennedy became the third youngest first lady in U.S. history at the age of 31, and the first to be the mother of an infant in the White House since the turn of the century. Jackie adored her role as wife to John F. Kennedy and a mother to their children. She defined herself as a woman who was:
• “to take care of the President”
• “if you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do well matters very much.”
Continued in Part 3
Written by: Connie Limon. For more information about the history of, visiting and living in Massachusetts visit: http://smalldogs2.com/VisitingMassachusetts To submit articles and find a variety of FREE reprint articles visit http://www.camelotarticles.com
This article is FREE to publish with the resource box.
© 2007 Connie Limon All Rights Reserved