"PRESIDENT RECOVERING FROM 'COLD'"

JFK'S TEMPERATURE ALMOST BACK TO NORMAL BUT PLANS TO JOIN 1ST LADY IN VIRGINIA CANCELLED

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 21, 1962, The Sunday Star reports that President John F. Kennedy "called off a six-State aerial expedition around the country to fly back to the White House yesterday."

Today the President's physician reports that Mr. Kennedy's temperature has improved from one degree above normal to about two-tenths of a degree above normal.

President Kennedy's plans to join the First Lady at the family country estate Glen Ora*, near Middleburg, Virginia, have been cancelled.

*Glen Ora is a historic 400 acre estate near Middleburg, Virginia which served as a weekend retreat for President & Mrs. Kennedy from 1961-1963.  Recently, the property sold for $6 million.

SOURCE

"Kennedy Ends 6-State Tour Due to Cold," by Douglas B. Cornell, The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1962, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 

 

Middleburg, Virginia Historic District

Photo by Strawser (2013)

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JFK'S CELEBRATED 3 BIRTHDAYS AS POTUS

JFK CELEBRATED 3 BIRTHDAYS AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Boston, Middleburg, Washington (JFK+50) What do Boston, Massachusetts, Middleburg, Virginia and Washington, D.C. have in common?  The answer: These were the cities where John F. Kennedy celebrated his three birthdays as President of the United States.

Boston was where JFK was born on May 29, 1917, ninety-eight years ago today. Middleburg was the location of the presidential retreat, Glen Ora and Washington, D.C. was where President Kennedy enjoyed what would sadly prove to be his last birthday in 1963.

PRESIDENT KENNEDY CELEBRATES 44th BIRTHDAY

Boston, Massachusetts (JFK+50) Fifty-four years ago today, May 29, 1961 President John F. Kennedy celebrated his 44th birthday at a dinner given in his honor at the Commonwealth Armory here in Boston.

JFK's guests included his priest, Richard Cardinal Cushing and his mother's obstetrician who delivered him, Dr. Frederick Good.  Poet Robert Frost, who spoke at JFK's inaugural on January 20, 1961, was also present.

In his speech at the armory, the President talked of his upcoming trip to France.   The President said...

"(a) close relationship must exist between France and the United States if the cause of freedom in the Atlantic community is to be preserved."

       JFK, De Gaulle & Jackie
       Elysee Palace, Paris (1961)
            JFK Library Photo


PRESIDENT KENNEDY CELEBRATES 45TH BIRTHDAY 

Middleburg, Virginia (JFK+50) Fifty-three years ago today, May 29, 1962, President John F. Kennedy celebrated his 45th birthday at the presidential retreat Glen Ora near Middleburg.

Arriving by helicopter with the President were Robert and Ethel Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith and Sargent and Eunice Shriver.


PRESIDENT KENNEDY CELEBRATES 46TH BIRTHDAY

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) Fifty-two years ago today, May 29, 1963, President John F. Kennedy celebrated his 46th birthday at the White House.  The President was honored with a birthday cake at a party in the White House Navy Mess Hall.

In the evening, the President, along with twenty close friends and associates, continued the birthday celebration aboard the presidential yacht Sequoia.

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