Mrs. John F Kennedy

"No one ever gave more meaning to the title of First Lady.She was a blessing to us and to the nation – and a lesson to the world on how to do things right, how to be a mother, how to appreciate history, how to be courageous. No one else looked like her, spoke like her, wrote like her, or was so original in the way she did things. No one we knew ever had a better sense of self." - Ted Kennedy

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I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child - what do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.

Michelle Obama, Becoming

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I am sorry I’ve been absent but I just had one of the best years of my life.

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November 22nd, 1963.

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Happy Halloween from all of us at the JFK Library! 

Image: JFK with Caroline and John Jr. dressed in Halloween costumes in the Oval Office, 10/31/63.

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Hey guys! I am looking at going to Dallas for the first time in early Nov! Doesn't anyone have any recommendations?

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President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy with the President of Pakistan Muhammad Ayub Khan, 1962.

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John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy at Hyannis Port 1960.

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First Lady Jackie Kennedy, India 1962

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Meryl Streep when she found out Lily James was cast to play the young version of Donna in Mamma Mia 2.

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When I die I want Marlene King to lower me into my grave so she can let me down one more time.

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President Kennedy and wife Jacqueline Kennedy leaving church in Palm Beach, Florida, December 24th, 1961.

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“President Kennedy inspired a generation that transformed America. They marched for justice, they served in the Peace Corps, in the inner cities, in outer space. His brothers carried on that work, fighting against poverty, violence and war, championing human rights, healthcare and immigration.”  - Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg “But while my grandfather had reverence for the past and lessons it could impart, he also knew that America was a country where change was possible, where we aren’t bound solely by tradition, if we understand the past with which we are breaking.” - Tatiana Schlossberg “I’m inspired by my grandfather’s sense of equality, his courage in naming the injustices in American society, and his call for action. His words and his ideals mean so much to me and to the world we live in today. But we are still faced with tremendous inequality and injustice, from voting rights to our criminal justice system and mass incarceration. My grandfather would be proud of how far we’ve come as a nation since 1963, but he’d have been the first to tell us that we have a long way to go.” - Rose Schlossberg “From that speech at Rice, and from the space program he helped launch, we can learn a simple but important lesson. Great challenges are opportunities, and it is each generation’s responsibility to meet those challenges with the same combination of energy, faith and devotion that President Kennedy and his contemporaries displayed decades ago.” - Jack Schlossberg

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Happy 100th Birthday John Fitzgerald Kennedy! (May 29, 1917) 

“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.”  - JFK

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Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will be as one. - John Lennon