What is the best way to properly mark the 100th birthday of John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
On May 29, a series of events across the country will mark what would have been John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s 100th birthday.
Already, the United States Postal Service has released a commemorative stamp. And in the Kennedy family’s historic hometown of Boston, the JFK Presidential Library and … [Read more...] about The Last Word:
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A Nation of Immigrants?
“Immigration policy should be generous; it should be fair; it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience.” – John F. Kennedy This past Thanksgiving, as I made my way to a friend's for a home-cooked meal, I thought about my early years in New York when I worked most holidays at my waitressing job. … [Read more...] about A Nation of Immigrants?
Jackie Kennedy Letters Returned to Kennedys
The private letters of Jacqueline Kennedy to an Irish priest caused controversy last May when the Vincentian Fathers at All Hallows College in Dublin announced they were being put up for auction. The letters, written between 1950 and 1965 to Rev. Joseph Leonard, a resident of All Hallows, were subsequently removed from the auction, and their fate had been uncertain until the … [Read more...] about Jackie Kennedy Letters Returned to Kennedys
JFK Summer School
The 2014 Kennedy Summer School is set to kick off this September 11-14th in New Ross, Co. Wexford and includes a venerable list of Irish and American participants covering the history, culture, and politics between the two countries. This year’s theme is “History Repeats Itself” and the list of speakers include: Dr. Christine Kinealy, professor of history and director of the … [Read more...] about JFK Summer School
A Thousand Days of Grace
As we mark the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination Michael Quinlin reflects on Kennedy’s vision, his desire for a united Ireland, his love of poetry, and what his presidency meant to Irish Boston. President Kennedy’s thousand days in office marked an epoch in the Boston Irish story. One man stepping forth from a marginalized community that had struggled … [Read more...] about A Thousand Days of Grace