"THERE WILL BE GREAT PRESIDENTS AGAIN, BUT THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER CAMELOT"

JACQUELINE BOUVIER BORN IN SOUTHAMPTON NY

Southampton, New York (JFK+50) Ninety years ago, July 28, 1929, Mr. and Mrs. John Vernou Bouvier III announced the birth of a baby girl named Jacqueline Bouvier*.

Mr. Bouvier, who was known as "Black Jack", was a Wall Street stockbroker and of both French and English descent.  Mrs. Janet Norton Lee Bouvier was of Irish descent.*

The Bouviers divorced in 1940 and Jackie's mother remarried two years later. Her second husband was Hugh D. Auchincloss, Jr., the heir to the Standard Oil Company fortune.

Jackie attended Vassar, the Sorbonne in France and graduated from George Washington University in 1951 with a BA in French literature.  She married JFK two years later & as First Lady promoted American arts and restored the White House.

After John F. Kennedy's death, the former First Lady said...

"There will be great presidents again, but there will never be another Camelot."

*Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) grew up in Manhattan & on the Bouvier country estate on Long Island.  She married JFK in 1953 & they had two children, Caroline (1957) & John Jr. (1960).  JBKO served as 1st Lady 1961-1963 & after JFK's death was married to Aristotle Onassis.  

Jackie at 6 years old

Photo by David Berne (1935)

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JACKIE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE IN JFK'S PRESIDENCY

JACQUELINE LEE BOUVIER BORN IN SOUTHAMPTON NY  

Southampton, New York (JFK+50) On July 28, 1929, a baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Vernou Bouvier III.  The future First Lady was named Jacqueline*.

Mr. Bouvier, who was known as "Black Jack", was a Wall Street stockbroker and of both French and English descent.  Mrs. Janet Norton Lee Bouvier was of Irish descent.

 The Bouviers divorced in 1940 and Jackie's mother remarried two years later. Her second husband was Hugh D. Auchincloss, Jr., the heir to the Standard Oil Company fortune.

Jackie attended Vassar, the Sorbonne in France and graduated from George Washington University in 1951 with a BA in French literature.

As First Lady from 1961 to 1963, Mrs. Kennedy redecorated the White House and took an avid interest in the arts, but Michael Beschloss says that the idea that Jackie took little interest in JFK's political life is not true.  He writes...

"when viewed in history, she (was) a significant influence in that presidency."

Mrs. Kennedy shared her opinions on "virtually every major figure" of the administration and, again according to Mr. Beschloss, those she favored usually were promoted or had more influence than those she did not.

*Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) competed in horse riding and was a successful student of many languages.  She lived in McLean,  VA & Newport, R.I.  JLKO attended Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, MD & Miss Porter's School in Farmington, CT.

During her college years, she studied in France for a year.  She married Senator John F. Kennedy in 1953.  Jackie was one of the youngest and most popular First Ladies in American history.

SOURCE

"Five myths about Jackie Kennedy," by Michael Beschloss, The Washington Post, October 24, 2013.

Jackie at 6 years old

Photo by David Berne (1935)

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