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John F. Kennedy Library and Museum (Margaret, Amy. Presidential Libraries.)
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by Amy Margaret
Sales Rank: 3406380
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List Price: $21.25
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Features
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 24 pages
Published by: PowerKids Press January 2005
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0823962695
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0823962693
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 8.7 x 0.3 inches
Weighs: 10.4 ounces
Reader Reviews
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is located in Boston, Massachusetts. It's a ten-acre facility that is dedicated to the memory of the thirty-fifth U.S. President. Many interesting exhibits and audio/visual materials relating to President Kennedy's 1,037 days in office can also be accessed at the JFK Library's website, located at www.jfklibrary.org. That website is a fascinating place to browse through. There are historical resources available there, along with Kennedy biographies and profiles, a "virtual tour" of the physical Library/Museum in Boston, and lots of other interesting things to discover about the Kennedys and JFK's Presidency. One of my favorite areas of the JFK Library website is called "The White House Diary", which is packed with detailed information regarding each and every one of John Kennedy's 1,000-plus days in the Oval Office. The "Diary" allows you to select any date during JFK's all-too-brief Presidential term (from the day of his inauguration on January 20, 1961, through the terrible day of his tragic assassination on November 22, 1963). Various pieces of information (e.g., JFK's appointments, meetings, bill signings, news conferences, White House ceremonies, etc.) for a particular chosen date will be printed on that "page" of the Diary. Each Diary entry includes a related photo if one is available, plus (on some dates/pages) an audio or video clip is played that is associated with a speech or public statement that was made by President Kennedy on the selected date (including several audio snippets from some of JFK's 64 live press conferences). A ton of info on the history of JFK's White House years can be obtained in that Diary. Fabulous stuff. I'm grateful to those people who put together such a comprehensive day-by-day record of John F. Kennedy's Presidency. The website allows visitors to access the "White House Diary" in two ways -- with the best (and preferred) method being via "Macromedia Flash Player", which enables you to hear the audio clips and also displays the Diary in a realistic-looking "book-like" manner, complete with "turning pages". Lacking the "Flash Player", you can still view the Diary's text by way of an HTML version that is also available. If you happened to have been born during one of JFK's 1,037 days as President, it's easy to find out what Mr. Kennedy and family were doing on your date of birth via that nifty and handy "White House Diary" feature at the Library's site. I, myself, was born during JFK's administration, and I've been able to quickly determine that President Kennedy had a physical exam on my date of birth. He was declared in "excellent general health, except for his back, although it is stronger than it was this past summer". That examination, btw, took place in Palm Beach, Florida, which is where the President, First Lady Jackie Kennedy, and other family members were celebrating the holidays during JFK's first Christmas season as President in December 1961. Below I've included a link to the "White House Diary" via the JFK Library's Internet site. (Note: This link only accesses the HTML version of the Diary; in order to see the more-complete "Flash Player" version after you arrive at the following webpage, click on the link marked "White House Diary", located in the red toolbar/menu, just to the right of the "Site Map" link.)...... www.jfklibrary.org/white%20house%20diary/ -------------------- John Kennedy's tenure as President of the United States was short-lived. But in his less than one term in office, he revitalized America's interest in politics in a number of different ways. And despite the crises that the nation endured during those three JFK years in the early 1960s, things somehow seemed "better" because Jack Kennedy roamed the White House.* * = I, of course, cannot speak from personal experience when it comes to my "better" remark, because, as I admitted just a moment ago, I was only a toddler in a crib during most of Mr. Kennedy's Presidential term. But I've heard people describe the "Camelot" years as being like no other, before or since. Well, perhaps that's just the "Kennedy myth" coming to the surface, above and beyond the real "substance" of Mr. Kennedy's accomplishments. I don't really know. That could be at least partially true, I suppose. But one thing's a certainty -- America was diminished a good bit after JFK was taken from the world on November 22nd, 1963. But, thanks to the beautiful Library and Museum facility in Boston which bears Mr. Kennedy's name, and thanks to the associated JFK Library website that anyone with a computer can access....the memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy will forever be instantly recallable.
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