Podcast Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency
Mark K. Updegrove shares new historical perspectives on the Kennedy presidency from his recent book, Incomparable Grace: JFK in the...
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John F. Kennedy enjoyed playing touch football with family and friends and watching collegiate football games throughout his life. Here he tosses the coin just before the Orange Bowl contest between Alabama and Oklahoma, January 1, 1963. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and Congressman Claude Pepper are standing slightly above JFK to the right. Alabama won the game, 17-0.
Mark K. Updegrove shares new historical perspectives on the Kennedy presidency from his recent book, Incomparable Grace: JFK in the...
Honoring some of the greatest moments in sports history has become a tradition at the White House. Presidents and their...
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Biographies & Portraits
It is hard to imagine that it was something as casual as a lunch conversation between a newly elected president...
At age 43, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the youngest person ever elected to the presidency. Before his vibrant presidency was cut...
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s advocacy for the arts endures as a vital part of th...
The collection of fine art at the White House has evolved and grown over time. The collection began with mostly...
After President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy wanted her husband to be remembered through a national cu...