SENATOR KENNEDY KICKS OFF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua, New Hampshire (JFK+50) On January 25, 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) opened his presidential campaign here in Nashua*.
The Senator first attended a reception at Nashua City Hotel then spoke in a snowstorm on the steps of Nashua City Hall.
JFK said...
"We start here in New Hampshire today. I believe we must succeed next summer and next November."
The Senator wore a dark blue pinstripe suit, navy blue polka dot tie, pin stripe shirt and "the friendly Kennedy grin."
JFK+50 NOTE
Nashua, said to be "the best place to live in America" by Money Magazine, is located only 35 miles north of Brookline, Massachusetts where JFK was born.
In 1965, a bust of JFK was erected at Nashua City Hall sculpted by Evangelos William Frudakis. (see below)
SOURCES
"Fifty Years Ago Nashua Greeted JFK," by Stacy Milbouer, The Nashua Telegraph, January 25, 2010, www.nashuatelegraph.com,
"Kennedy Presidential Campaign Began In Nashua, New Hampshire 55 Years Ago," JFK+50, January 25, 2015, www.jfk50.blogspot.com/
"In Nashua, Remembering The Day JFK Launched His Campaign," by Michael Brindly, November 22, 2015, www.nhpr.org/
