"WAIT UNTIL SENATOR KENNEDY GOES INTO BOSTON"

JFK WILL TRY TO PICTURE NIXON AS A DEFEATIST ON ALL ISSUES

Hyannis Port, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On October 1, 1960, The Evening Star reports Democratic presidential nominee Senator John F. Kennedy "will try to defeat Vice-President (Richard M.) Nixon...by picturing him as a defeatist..." on both national and international issues.

The Vice-President, speaking in Boston, called the Senator "a monumental failure" in the post-convention session of Congress.

A large crowd, estimated to be at 250,000, came out to hear Mr. Nixon's remarks but Pierre Salinger, JFK's press secretary, says...

 "Wait until Senator Kennedy goes into Boston."

JFK+50 NOTE

JFK won Suffolk County, which includes Boston, 75% to 25%.  It was the first time a presidential candidate won more than 70% of the vote in that county.  JFK also carried Massachusetts 60% to 40%.

 SOURCE

"Kennedy to Paint Nixon As Defeatist on Issues," by Robert K. Walsh, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 1, 1960, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/ 

 

 

Boston, Massachusetts

Photo by Jennifer Mangone (2014)

"IN THE BOSTON SUBURB OF BROOKLINE"

JFK WAS BORN 109 YEARS AGO TODAY

Boston, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On May 29, 2011, JFK+50 published its first post on the birthday of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.  It was the 94th anniversary of his birth in a suburb of Boston.

Today, May 29, 2026 marks the 109th anniversary of the birth of the 35th President of the United States.

JFK was born on the second floor of the family home located at 83 Beals Street in Brookline.  Joseph P. & Rose F. Kennedy, JFK's parents purchased the home for $6500 and had lived there since their marriage in 1914.

The house, built in 1909, was JFK's home for the first four years of his life.

SOURCES

"John F. Kennedy Born in Brookline," JFK+50, May 29, 2011, www.jfk50.blogspot.com/

"The House Where JFK Was Born," JFK+50, May 29, 2011, www.jfk50.blogspot.com/

 

 

JFK Birthplace

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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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