When Barack Obama moved into the White House, many felt a sense of optimism despite the vast challenges facing America. Such feelings, naturally, recalled January of 1961 when, on a bright, frozen Washington morning, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was inaugurated, declaring that “the torch has been passed to a new generation – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a … [Read more...] about Inside the Kennedy White House
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Berlin Museum Honors The Kennedys
Most Americans, even those who were not yet born, know about John F. Kennedy’s famous words spoken before hundreds of thousands of cheering people in Berlin in 1963. When he said “Ich bin ein Berliner,” Kennedy offered his and America’s solidarity with the people of West Berlin and his words became an iconic phrase of the Cold War. Today, just steps from the Brandenburg Gate, … [Read more...] about Berlin Museum Honors The Kennedys
Innocence Shattered By Kennedy’s Assassination
By Michael C. Finnegan
February / March 2008
February / March 2008
“Wish I’d been a kid back then.” That’s my children’s usual reaction after listening to story swapping at family gatherings. “Then” was the 1960s. While they think of tie-dyed shirts, rock-’n’-roll and sit-ins, I remember before all that – to a time some people called Camelot – a brief shining moment when America charged headlong into the future but also firmly … [Read more...] about Innocence Shattered By Kennedy’s Assassination
Boston Museum to Showcase Kennedy’s Irish Heritage
The museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library will unveil an exhibition entitled "A Journey Home: John F. Kennedy and Ireland" on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2006. It will feature artifacts, film footage, documents and photographs relating to the President's Irish heritage. Among the highlights are gifts presented to Kennedy by the people of Ireland that have never … [Read more...] about Boston Museum to Showcase Kennedy’s Irish Heritage
Terrorists Plotted Against Kennedy and Hill
Irish Sunday Independent journalist Alan Murray unearthed a plot by loyalist terrorist Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair to assassinate Courtney Kennedy, daughter of Robert Kennedy and her husband Paul Hill when they were in north Belfast in 1994. Adair had planned to attack the couple with a rocket-propelled grenade while they were driving in their car. Hill and three others spent 15 … [Read more...] about Terrorists Plotted Against Kennedy and Hill