On July 15, 1951, Representative John F. Kennedy, a promising young Democratic from Massachusetts, offered his views on what terms the United States should seek at the Korean War armistice talks being held in Kaesong. In Congress, Kennedy was known for his foreign policy expertise, and often took a bipartisan stance when it came to issues of national security. A decorated sailor in World War II, he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946 at the age of twenty-nine, and was twice re-elected. In the election of 1952, in which the Republicans won the White House and majorities in Congress, Kennedy captured the Senate seat of Republican Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. after an intensive campaign. In 1956, he nearly became the running mate of Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson, winning him wide national exposure and leading him to consider a bid for the 1960 presidential nomination. In 1957, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his book of biographical essays, Profiles in...
The day before he was assassinated, President John F. Kennedy goes to the Chamber of Commerce in Fort Worth, Texas with the First Lady, Vice President, and Texas Governor John Connelly in order to...
Senator Ralph Yarborough was riding two cars behind President John F. Kennedy when he was shot and offers his first hand account of the chaos that ensued once JFK was shot.
On May 31, 1961, French President Charles de Gaulle gave a state dinner at his presidential palace in honor of President John F. Kennedy and the first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy. The youthful...
On June 8th, 1968, three days after falling prey to an assassin in California, Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, just 30 yards from the grave of...
On January 20, 1961, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the thirty-fifth president of the United States. Two months before, in one of the...
On January 2, 1960, John F. Kennedy officially announced his bid for the presidency when a reporter asked him if, as in 1956, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for vice president....
On October 22, 1962, in a nationally televised address, President John F. Kennedy disclosed that U.S. spy planes had discovered the placement of Soviet offensive missiles in Cuba. The president...
On June 8th, 1968, three days after falling prey to an assassin in California, Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, just 30 yards from the grave of...
On March 16, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, the younger brother of assassinated president John F. Kennedy, announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. Robert Kennedy, a...
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