2013 Winter Newsletter - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

LEGACY
JOHN F. KENNEDY
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Freedom 7 Splashes Down at JFK Presidential Library and Museum
“I believe this nation should commit itself, to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of
landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”
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– President Kennedy, May 25, 1961
Joined on September 12 by three students from Pinkerton
Academy, the alma mater of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr.,
Kennedy Library Director Tom Putnam unveiled Freedom 7,
stating, “In bringing the Freedom 7 space capsule to our
Museum, the Kennedy Library hopes to inspire a new
generation of Americans to use science and technology
for the betterment of our humankind.”
Freedom 7 had been on display at the U.S. Naval
Academy in Annapolis, MD since 1998, on loan from the
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. At the request of
Caroline Kennedy, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus,
the U.S. Naval Academy, and the National Air and Space
Museum welcomed the idea of celebrating U.S. Navy
veteran John F. Kennedy’s role in America’s space effort P12
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he John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
opened a special new installation featuring Freedom 7,
the iconic space capsule that U.S. Navy Commander
Alan B. Shepard Jr. piloted on the first American-manned
spaceflight. Celebrating American ingenuity and determination,
the new exhibit opened on September 12, the 50th anniversary
of President Kennedy’s speech at Rice University, where he so
eloquently championed America’s manned space efforts:
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the
other things, not because they are easy, but because they are
hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure
the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is
one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to
postpone, and one which we intend to win.”
Alan Shepard is rescued after Freedom 7 splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean.
Freedom 7 “splashes down” at the JFK Library on August 29, 2012.
What’s Inside
50th Anniversary
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2012 Profile in
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As we enter the final year of our
celebration marking the 50th anniversary
of the Kennedy administration, I continue to be
struck by the community of people who we are
fortunate to call friends. From the luminaries
who speak at our forums, to the many individuals,
corporations, and organizations that provide
vital funding for our work, and the thousands
of visitors and students who grace our halls, our
friends breathe new energy into this institution
and help us to fulfill Jacqueline Kennedy’s vision
of the Library as a living memorial to the President.
In reflecting on these friendships, it occurs to
me that what binds us together is a deep appreciation of the history we chronicle here and a
shared value of the timeless political ideals that
Kennedy championed. This past spring, historian
Alan Brinkley came to the Library to discuss his
biography, John F. Kennedy: The 35th President,
1961–1963. Brinkley sums up how so many of us
feel about the man and his legacy:
“Kennedy reminds many Americans of an age
when it was possible to believe that politics could
be harnessed to America’s highest aspirations, that
it could be rooted in a sense of national community,
that it could speak the country’s moral yearnings.
And perhaps most of all, Kennedy reminds Americans
of a time … when it was possible to believe that
the United States could solve social problems and
accomplish great deeds.”
As you’ll read in this edition of Legacy, the past
several months at the Kennedy Library were packed
with robust programming and initiatives—each
paying tribute to the optimism, vitality, and purpose
that defined President Kennedy’s time in office.
Spring 2012 brought the annual Profile in
Courage Award and four honorees who all insisted
that they were just doing their jobs. But as you read
about the three Iowa Supreme Court Justices who
struck down a law banning same-sex marriage, and
Robert Ford, the U.S. Ambassador to Syria, I think
you’ll agree that for public officials, just doing their
job often demands a special kind of courage.
This summer our New Frontier Network, a
group of young leaders and philanthropists, made
their mark at the Democratic National Convention
by hosting “Changing Political Demographics,”
a forum that stimulated provocative conversation
about the politics of change. For me, the event was
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A Time for Greatness
Kennedy Library Director Tom Putnam, Profile in
Courage Award Committee member and former
Director-Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and
Education Fund, Elaine Jones, and Kennedy Library
Foundation Executive Director Tom McNaught.
an opportunity to step back and bear witness
to the torch being passed to a new generation.
In the fall, we saw the installation of the
Freedom 7 space capsule, which in 1961 launched
the first American into space and now, in our
museum, beckons young visitors to dream big.
We partnered with the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston to bring Picasso’s masterpiece, The Rape
of the Sabine Women to the Library, paying homage
to President and Mrs. Kennedy’s appreciation of
the arts. And we marked the 50th anniversary of
the Cuban Missile Crisis—President Kennedy’s
defining moment of international diplomacy—with
the publication of Listening In: The Secret White
House Recordings of John F. Kennedy, the opening
of To the Brink, a blockbuster exhibit at the
National Archives in Washington D.C., and a
host of online experiences that brought those
thirteen days to life for today’s students.
During his campaign, John F. Kennedy vowed
that his administration would be “a time for
greatness.” I believe that he fulfilled that promise
in the final year of his presidency, when he led
the country in making unprecedented progress
toward world peace and civil rights for all. Now,
fifty years later, the Kennedy Library will once
again look to our community of friends to help us
remember these pivotal moments in our nation’s
history that continue to serve as inspiration for
greatness in our own time.
We thank you for your support.
Tom McNaught
Executive Director
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Listening In—The Secret White House Recordings
of John F. Kennedy
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Caroline Kennedy
introduces a forum
on Listening In.
Listening In delivers the story
behind the story in the unguarded
words and voices of the decisionmakers themselves, and covers
watershed moments of the Kennedy
White House, including the Cuban
Missile Crisis, the space race,
Vietnam, and civil rights.
A softer side of the President can
also be heard in various parts of the
recordings as Caroline and John Jr.
visit their father in the Oval Office.
In her foreword to the book,
Caroline Kennedy reflected on her
own memories of the White House,
and what looking back on these tapes
meant to her:
“For me, listening to these
conversations is a powerful
experience. Although at the time,
I was too young to understand much
of what was happening, I recall spending happy afternoons
eating candy and making paper-clip necklaces under my
father’s desk while men talked in serious voices. The delight
in my father’s voice when my brother and I appear is
something I treasure.”
HYPERION
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n July 1962, President John F.
Kennedy installed hidden recording
systems in the Oval Office and
the Cabinet Room in an effort to preserve an accurate record of presidential
decision-making in a highly charged
atmosphere of conflicting viewpoints,
strategies, and tactics. The result is a
priceless historical archive comprising
some 265 hours of taped material.
In conjunction with the 50th
anniversary of the Kennedy presidency, Caroline Kennedy, the John
F. Kennedy Presidential Library, and
presidential historian Ted Widmer
carefully selected the most compelling
and important of these remarkable
secret recordings for release in Listening
In: The Secret White House Recordings
of John F. Kennedy. Fully restored
and remastered, two 75-minute CDs of
President Kennedy’s secret recordings accompany the
extensively annotated transcripts of the recordings. Listening
In is a uniquely unscripted, insider account of a president
and his cabinet grappling with the day-to-day business of
the White House and guiding the nation through a hazardous
era of uncertainty.
In addition to the book and the audio-CD version of the
book, Hyperion released a special enhanced eBook, which
includes more than twenty-five minutes of video, ranging
from archival footage of President Kennedy and President
Bill Clinton to new interviews with Caroline Kennedy,
Congressman John Lewis,
Secretary of State Madeleine
Albright, and historian Alan
Brinkley, speaking about
President Kennedy’s legacy.
“I recall spending happy afternoons eating candy
and making paper-clip necklaces under my father’s
desk while men talked in serious voices. The
delight in my father’s voice when my brother and
I appear is something I treasure.”
– Caroline Kennedy, in foreword of Listening In
To mark the release of Listening In, the Kennedy Library
hosted a forum on October 4 with Caroline Kennedy, Widmer,
Tom Putnam, Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential
Library, and political scholar Ellen Fitzpatrick, who discussed
the most significant tapes of the Kennedy Presidency. Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist Tom Oliphant moderated.
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New Exhibit Takes Visitors Inside Cuban
Missile Crisis Deliberations
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his fall the National Archives and the John F. Kennedy
Presidential Library and Museum collaborated to
present a major new exhibit, To the Brink: JFK and
the Cuban Missile Crisis, commemorating the 50th anniversary
of what many consider to be the greatest test of John F.
Kennedy’s presidency. The exhibit, which opened at the
National Archives in Washington D.C. on October 12,
centers around secretly recorded White House tapes of
President Kennedy that allow visitors to listen in as President
Kennedy and his advisors work furiously to avert a nuclear
war and solve the crisis through strategic diplomacy. Curated
by Kennedy Library Museum curator Stacey Bredhoff, the
exhibit will open at the JFK Library in Boston in April 2013.
To the Brink shows Kennedy and his advisors in the throes
of deliberation during thirteen agonizing days in October
1962, as the United States and the then-Soviet Union inched
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Chairs used by President Kennedy
and Soviet Premier Khrushchev at the 1961
Vienna Summit, featured in the To the Brink exhibit.
Citizens in a department store watch President John F. Kennedy’s TV
announcement of the naval blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
precariously close to nuclear war. The peaceful resolution of
the crisis with the Soviets is considered to be one of President
Kennedy’s greatest achievements. Original documents, artifacts,
and photographs from the National Archives and the Kennedy
Library complement the tapes in a dramatic presentation that
draws the visitor into this milestone twentieth-century event.
Additional highlights of the exhibit include JFK’s doodles
from October 1962; satellite photographs of Soviet missile sites
under construction; CIA-prepared personality studies of Nikita
Khrushchev and Fidel Castro; a map of Cuba used and annotated
by the President when he was first briefed by the CIA on the
missiles; secret correspondence between Kennedy and Khrushchev;
and the original chairs used by Kennedy and Khrushchev during
the 1961 Summit meeting in Vienna, Austria—the only occasion
where the two leaders formally met face-to-face.
To the Brink runs from October 12, 2012 through
February 4, 2013 in the Lawrence F. O’Brien Gallery of the
National Archives Building in Washington D.C. To the Brink
then travels to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and
Museum in Boston, where it opens in April 2013, and will run
through November 2013.
AT&T Gift Supports Cuban Missile Crisis Exhibit
AT&T has donated $500,000 to support the exhibition To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
AT&T has been a critical partner in preserving the holdings at the JFK Library and the National Archives.
Recordings featured in the exhibition and on an accompanying website, as well as other presidential
records from the Kennedy Administration, were digitized through a previous generous donation by AT&T.
“AT&T is proud to be sponsoring this truly innovative exhibit at the National Archives, which follows naturally from our help
in digitizing John F. Kennedy’s presidential papers,” said Jim Cicconi, AT&T Senior Executive Vice President. “To the Brink
commemorates the thirteen most important days of JFK’s presidency on the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Not only is this a fascinating exhibit, but it also demonstrates the power of innovative technologies and networks to help
more Americans access our nation’s vibrant history.”
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New Media Brings Cuban Missile Crisis to Life
for a New Generation
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U.S. Department of Defense
o mark the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile
Crisis this October, the John F. Kennedy Presidential
Library and Museum introduced several new
interactive and online activities aimed at educating a
younger audience about the thirteen days that brought the
world to the brink of nuclear war.
CLOUDS OVER CUBA
On Tuesday, October 16 at 8:00am ET—exactly fifty years
after Soviet missiles were discovered in Cuba—the JFK Library
and the Martin Agency, the Library’s pro bono ad agency,
launched the interactive website www.cloudsovercuba.com,
allowing audiences around the world to experience an immersive
documentary that depicts the full story of the Cuban Missile
Crisis in riveting detail. Using a realistic “what if” scenario,
Clouds Over Cuba gives viewers the option to access a frightening short film that explores what the world would have been
like if the thirteen tension-filled days of October 1962 led to a
thermonuclear exchange instead of a peaceful resolution.
THE THIRTEEN DAYS ON TWITTER
During the anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis,
the JFK Library “live-tweeted” the thirteen days of the
crisis from its historical Twitter account @JFK1962.
The account allowed a new generation to understand
one of the most trying times in American history, and
offered a realistic perspective of the fear and danger
Surveillance map of Soviet missile sites in Cuba.
felt by President Kennedy, his advisors, and the
American people.
TO THE BRINK APP
As the lead sponsor of the To the Brink exhibit, AT&T
worked with the National Archives and the JFK Library to
create a free mobile app that serves as a companion piece
to the exhibit. The To the Brink app brings the National
Archives and JFK Library and Museum exhibit to iPads
and contains many of the same photographs, documents,
and recordings found in the exhibit. Download the free app
on iTunes or at www.JFKCMC.org.
Conference Offers 50-Year Retrospective on Cuban Missile Crisis
ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2012, the
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and
Museum hosted a major conference of
historians, policy leaders, and journalists
to mark the 50th anniversary of the
Cuban Missile Crisis, the thirteen days
that brought the world to the brink of
nuclear war.
The conference featured key experts
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on the Crisis, including Nicholas Burns,
Sarotte, and Boston Globe columnist
Juliette Kayyem acted as moderators.
In a day filled with historic moments, Jack
Schlossberg, President Kennedy’s grandson
and son of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin
Schlossberg, delivered closing remarks
former United States Under Secretary of
in his first speaking role at the nation’s
State for Political Affairs; Graham Allison,
memorial to his grandfather. In a symbolic
former Special Assistant Secretary of
gesture, Sergei Khrushchev, Brown
Defense for Policy and Plans; and
University Senior Fellow and son of
renowned Cuban Missile Crisis historians
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev,
David Coleman and Sheldon Stern.
presented Schlossberg with a Russian
Filmmaker Adriana Bosch, USC
commemorative coin to mark the peaceful
International Affairs Professor Mary
resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Jack Schlossberg receives a commemorative
coin from Sergei Khrushchev.
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Caroline Kennedy Honors Profile in Courage
Award Recipients
Kennedy Library Foundation. “This is a special year for
the Profile in Courage Award because we are fortunate to
recognize four outstanding Americans who demonstrate
how critically important it is that men and women of
courage serve in all branches of government.”
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hree former Iowa Supreme Court
Justices who were part of a
unanimous decision to legalize
same-sex marriage in the state were presented
with the 2012 John F. Kennedy Profile in
Courage Award™ by Caroline Kennedy on
May 7, 2012. Former Iowa Chief Justice
Marsha Ternus and former justices David
Baker and Michael Streit were chosen in
recognition of the political courage and
judicial independence each demonstrated
in setting aside popular opinion to uphold
marriage equality guaranteed to all citizens
under the Iowa constitution.
Also honored with a 2012 Profile in
Courage Award was Robert Ford, U.S.
Ambassador to Syria, whose bold and
courageous diplomacy provided crucial
support to Syrians struggling under
Caroline Kennedy with 2012 Profile in Courage Award honorees Michael Streit, Marsha
Ternus, David Baker, and Robert Ford.
the brutal regime of Syrian president
Bashar al-Assad.
The justices’ ouster marked the first time since Iowa adopted
“One way that we connect past and present is through
its current judicial system that any sitting Supreme Court
the Profile in Courage Award. By honoring individuals who
judge had lost an uncontested retention election. Ternus,
act on principle, without regard for personal consequence,
Baker, and Streit were the only three Supreme Court justices
we honor the quality that my father most admired in public
subject to a retention vote that year.
life,” said Caroline Kennedy, President of the John F.
Marsha Ternus accepts the 2012 Profile in
Courage Award from Caroline Kennedy.
In 2009, Iowa Supreme Court Justices Marsha Ternus, David
Baker, and Michael Streit joined a unanimous opinion that
struck down Iowa’s ban on same-sex marriage. The decision
was the first unanimous high-court opinion on marriage for
same-sex couples, and it made Iowa the third state to legalize
same-sex marriage. Although the Court’s decision was
unanimous, it provoked a political backlash. In November
2010, voters removed Ternus, Baker, and Streit from office
following an unprecedented campaign financed in part by
national interest groups opposed to same-sex marriage.
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DAVID BAKER, MICHAEL STREIT, AND MARSHA
TERNUS, FORMER IOWA SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
ROBERT FORD, UNITED STATES
AMBASSADOR TO SYRIA
As U.S. Ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford took extraordinary
personal risks to bear witness to the violence and repression
perpetrated by the regime of Syrian president Bashar
al-Assad, and to advocate for the human rights of the Syrian
people. Ford used social media to establish channels of
communication directly with the Syrian people, providing
moral support and encouraging them to embrace nonviolent
protest in the face of government-backed brutality. A former
Peace Corps volunteer and a career member of the U.S.
Foreign Service, Ford risked his own safety to show
solidarity with ordinary Syrians and to defend the rights
of protesters opposing Assad’s regime. He engaged
directly with opposition leaders, traveling around
Syria despite repeated threats on his life.
risked their careers, incurring the wrath of constituents or
powerful interest groups, by taking principled stands for
unpopular positions.
For more information about the Profile in Courage
Award, past recipients, and to read the acceptance speeches
of the 2012 recipients, visit our website—www.jfklibrary.org.
“By honoring individuals who act on principle, without regard for personal consequence, we honor the
quality that my father most admired in public life.”
– Caroline Kennedy
The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage
Award is presented annually to public
servants who have made courageous decisions
of conscience without regard for the personal
or professional consequences. The award is
named for President Kennedy’s 1957 Pulitzer
Prize-winning book, Profiles in Courage, which
recounts the stories of eight U.S. senators who
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2012 Profile in Courage
Award honoree Ambassador
Robert Ford at the award
ceremony.
Profile in Courage Award Committee
Albert R. Hunt, Chairman
Executive Washington Editor,
Bloomberg News
Elaine Jones
Former Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal
Defense and Education Fund
Donna F. Edwards
U.S. Congresswoman (D-Maryland)
Caroline Kennedy
President, John F. Kennedy Library
Foundation
Kenneth R. Feinberg
Chairman, John F. Kennedy Library
Foundation
Lindsey O. Graham
U.S. Senator (R-South Carolina)
Antonia Hernandez
President and CEO, California
Community Foundation
Paul G. Kirk Jr.
Former U.S. Senator (D-Massachusetts)
Chairman Emeritus, John F. Kennedy
Library Foundation
Shari Redstone
President, National Amusements, Inc.
John Seigenthaler
Founder, Freedom Forum First Amendment
Center at Vanderbilt University
David M. Shribman
Executive Editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Olympia Snowe
U.S. Senator (R-Maine)
Martha Minow
Dean and Jeremiah Smith Jr.
Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
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Delaware High School Student Wins National
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest
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atrick Reilly, a junior at Archmere Academy in
Claymont, Delaware, was honored by Caroline Kennedy
during the May 7, 2012 Profile in Courage Award
ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library for his
essay on former Delaware Governor Russell Peterson, who,
in 1971, courageously defied corporate interests in an effort
to preserve the natural beauty and resources of Delaware’s
coastal areas. Reilly received a $10,000 award for his firstplace essay.
The annual Profile in Courage Essay Contest invites high
school students from across the nation to write an essay on
an act of political courage by a U.S. elected official. The
contest is a companion program of the John F. Kennedy Profile
in Courage Award™, named for President Kennedy’s Pulitzer
Prize-winning book, Profiles in Courage, which recounts the
stories of eight U.S. Senators who risked their careers, incurring
the wrath of constituents or powerful interest groups, by taking
principled stands for unpopular positions. In 2012, 2,078
students submitted essays from all fifty states and Washington,
D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Marshall Islands. The essay contest
is sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and
generously supported by John Hancock Financial.
In his winning essay, “Governor Russell Peterson: Loyal to
Future Generations,” Reilly profiles Peterson, who introduced
legislation to protect Delaware’s coastal areas from industrial
development despite intense pressure from a variety of interest
groups. The State Chamber of Commerce opposed the bill,
2012 Essay Contest winner Patrick Reilly with Profile in Courage
Award committee chair Al Hunt.
construction workers staged demonstrations outside his home,
and the Secretary of Commerce claimed that he was “being
disloyal” to the country. “A lesser man would have crumbled
under such a harsh rebuke,” Reilly wrote, “but Peterson
simply replied, ‘Hell, no. I am being loyal to future generations
of Americans.’” The one-term governor stayed true to his
convictions and kept the bill intact, ensuring “clean waters,
pristine wetlands, and excellent beaches that continue to
support lucrative fishing and tourism industries.”
Reilly received a $5,000 cash award from the
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, which was
matched with $5,000 from John Hancock Financial
to be contributed to a John Hancock Freedom 529
College Savings Plan. Reilly’s nominating teacher,
Timothy Dougherty, received a John F. Kennedy
Public Service Grant in the amount of $500 to
be used for school projects that encourage
student leadership and civic engagement.
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With support from:
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Caroline Kennedy with Patrick Reilly and
Timothy Dougherty, his nominating teacher.
National Archives Opens Robert F. Kennedy Papers
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n October 11, 2012, the National Archives and
Records Administration and the John F. Kennedy
Presidential Library released an additional seven
boxes of material—more than 2,700 pages—from the
Robert F. Kennedy Papers, housed at the Kennedy Library
in Boston, including documents relating primarily to the
Cuban Missile Crisis.
“The National Archives is pleased to open these materials
as the nation and the world mark the 50th anniversary of the
Cuban Missile Crisis,” said David S. Ferriero, Archivist of
the United States. “Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
played a crucial role in the peaceful resolution of the crisis,
and researchers and the public are keenly interested in the
information and insights contained in these documents.”
The materials included in the opening consist of documents
accumulated by Robert F. Kennedy in his capacity as both
Attorney General and advisor to President Kennedy. The
files relate chiefly to matters that ordinarily do not come
under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General or the Justice
Department, and include memos, correspondence, reports, and
notes from Executive Committee meetings, as well as CIA and
State Department telegrams and cables chiefly related to the
President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy in the White House Portico.
United States’ relationship with Cuba from 1961 to 1963—a time
which included the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs invasion.
While the majority of these materials are opened in full, some
will remain restricted because of classified material. No documents
are closed due to restrictions related to personal privacy concerns.
Civil Rights Microsite
The John F. Kennedy
Washington for Jobs and
the vast number of primary
for people to explore, and
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source materials in our
we want to provide a site that
creating an online microsite
of the 16th Street Baptist
Digital Archives,” said
makes it easy to investigate
that will highlight President
Church; and the 1963 civil
Kennedy Library Director
the history behind the Civil
rights legislation.
of Education and Public
Rights Movement.” The
Programs Nancy McCoy.
site is made possible with
Movement and bring forth
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the Library’s vast archival
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John F. Kennedy’s involvement in the Civil Rights
visitors interested in learning
more about this fascinating
period in time. The site will
focus on key civil rights
events that took place in
1963, including the integration of the University of
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Alabama; President Kennedy’s
televised address on civil
rights; the March on
President Kennedy stands with the leaders of the March on Washington.
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Celebrating JFK’s Legacy:
$1.8M Raised for 24th Annual May Dinner
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n May 6, 2012, Kennedy Library Foundation
Board Member Gerard Doherty partnered
with Peter and Carolyn Lynch to co-chair
an inspiring and successful May Dinner.
For this 24th Annual May Dinner, Caroline
Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg were joined by five
hundred guests in the John F. Kennedy Presidential
Library and Museum’s Stephen Smith Hall. The May
Dinner is an annual fundraising gala that celebrates
the life and legacy of President Kennedy and raises
funds to support the Kennedy Library’s education
and public service programs.
The May Dinner also salutes the year’s Profile in
Courage Award recipients. Co-Chair Peter Lynch
reinforced the importance of the evening, highlighting
the Profile in Courage Award as “spectacular” and
citing the award’s purpose of identifying and celebrating “leadership under pressure, doing the right thing,
and standing up for courage.”
The Kennedy Library Foundation received an
outpouring of support, led by Legacy Laureates
Richard and Nancy Donahue, Feinberg Rozen LLP,
Peter and Carolyn Lynch, Clive F. Palmer, and
Raytheon Company.
The milestone 25th May Dinner will be held
on May 5, 2013. For more information on the
2013 event, please contact Maura Hammer at
[email protected].
Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member and
May Dinner Co-Chair Gerard Doherty with fellow
Co-Chairs Carolyn and Peter Lynch.
Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member Jim Brett, Bill Teuber from EMC, and
John Hailer of Natixis.
Senator John Kerry, Leslie Feinberg, Kennedy Library
Foundation Board Member Carol Fulp, Yasmin Cruz,
and BJ Wiley at the 2012 May Dinner.
Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member
Ron Sargent, CEO of Staples, and his wife, Jill.
Ron will serve as 2013 Dinner Co-Chair.
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Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member Clive Palmer with
Anna Palmer, Caroline Kennedy, and Edwin Schlossberg.
Kennedy Library Foundation Board Vice Chair William Swanson, Cheryl
Swanson, Foundation Board Chair Kenneth R. Feinberg, and 2012 May Dinner
Co-Chairs Carolyn and Peter Lynch.
Twenty-Fourth Annual May Dinner
May 6, 2012
Legacy Laureates
Richard K. and Nancy L.
Donahue
Feinberg Rozen LLP
Carolyn and Peter S. Lynch
Clive F. Palmer
Raytheon Company
Legacy Champions
Amgen
Bank of America
Camrose & Kross, LLC
Ted Hoff and Kathleen
O’Connell
Staples, Inc.
Presidential Partners
AT&T
Bingham McCutchen LLP
BNY Mellon
David Boies, Chairman of
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Brown Brothers Harriman
CBS Corporation
Citizens Bank
Margot C. Connell and Family
EMC Corporation
EMD Serono, Inc.
Fidelity Investments
Richard and Nancy Friedman
Ironshore
John Hancock Financial
Liberty Mutual Group
Jack Manning/Boston Capital
Corporation
NSTAR
Natixis Global Asset
Management
News Corporation
Shari Redstone
Stephen E. Smith
Sony Corporation of America
Viacom
David C. Weinstein
Anonymous
Anniversary Patrons
The American Ireland Fund
Jill Ker Conway
Marilyn and Gerard F. Doherty
Gourmet Caterers
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
The Hartford Financial Services
Group, Inc.
Nicole and Tom Hynes
Michele and Howard Kessler
Joanna Lau
The Lombard Family
Richard and Sally Phelps
Donald Saunders and Liv
Ullmann
Schooner Foundation
State Street Corporation
Yawkey Foundation
Anonymous
Dinner Sponsors
Nancy and Ziggy Alderman
Ron Ansin
Carrie and George Bell
Governor and Mrs. James J.
Blanchard
Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Massachusetts
David and Trixie Burke
Robert L. Caret and
Elizabeth Zoltan
Fereydoun Firouz
General Dynamics
Anne & Chad Gifford
Hill Holliday
Fred and Charlotte
Hubbell Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
Senator and Mrs. Paul G. Kirk Jr.
Kevin and Polly Maroni
Jacqueline B. Mars
Sydney and Peter McKelvy
Mt. Tom Companies
Patty Newburger and
Brad Wechsler
Conan and Liza O’Brien
Red Sox Foundation
Dr. Margaret A. Reed and
Patricia Fernandez
Robert and Carol Riley
Stanley Salett
John Shattuck and Ellen Hume
James M. Stone and Mrs.
Cathleen D. Stone
University of Massachusetts
Boston
Weber Shandwick
Anonymous (4)
Jackie Jenkins-Scott
Kristin McSwain
Jack D. O’Connor
Thomas and Rosemary
O’Keeffe
Sharon H. Penney and Jim
Livingston
Sandra Sedacca
Phyllis N. Segal
Stonehill College
Charles C. Tretter
William J. vanden Heuvel
Kevin Wade
Contributors
Philip J. Baduini
The Boston
Foundation
Heather Campion
Sheila L. Cassidy
John J. Cullinane
Donna M. DePrisco
Robert Fitzsimmons
Patrick and Carol
Hemingway
Lauren Birchfield and
Joe Kennedy III.
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by displaying the capsule in the Museum at the
Kennedy Presidential Library.
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the
first American in space in the Mercury capsule,
which he named “Freedom 7,” signifying the seven
Mercury astronauts.
Two weeks after Shepard’s sub-orbital journey,
President Kennedy issued another call to Congress
regarding the space race, this time in an address on
urgent national needs, stating, “I believe this nation
should commit itself, to achieving the goal, before
this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon
and returning him safely to the earth.”
NASA gave Freedom 7 to the Smithsonian in October
1961, the first manned spacecraft accessioned into the
national collection. On loan from the Smithsonian
Institution’s National Air and Space Museum through
December 2015, the installation of Freedom 7 was
made possible through the generous sponsorship of
Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member Fereydoun
Firouz, with additional support from Boeing, Raytheon
Company, and DRS Technologies.
Freedom 7 arrives at the JFK Library on August 29, 2012.
The installation of Freedom 7 is part of the Kennedy
Library’s ongoing celebration of President Kennedy’s
role in championing America’s exploration of space.
astronauts. Co-sponsored by NASA, this event invited
On August 27, the Kennedy Library hosted a live
children ages eight and older, students, and adults to submit
interview via satellite with two American astronauts—
questions to the astronauts.
Needham, Massachusetts native Suni Williams and Joe Acaba,
On August 13, the Library welcomed NASA astronaut
the first astronaut of Puerto Rican heritage—who were living
Chris Cassidy, who, in July 2009, completed his first space
and working on the International Space Station (ISS). Satellite
flight and logged more than 376 hours in space, including
hookup allowed the audience to both see and hear the two
eighteen hours and five minutes in three spacewalks. Cassidy,
who has been assigned to the
Expedition 35 crew as a flight
engineer and is scheduled to
fly to the ISS aboard Soyuz
34 in March 2013, met with
an audience of children and
their parents to share his
firsthand accounts of what
it is like in space.
Kasey Mize, Russell York, and
Maggie Doherty of Pinkerton
Academy in Derry, New Hampshire,
Alan Shepard’s alma mater, unveil
a banner for the Freedom 7
opening with Kennedy Library
Director Tom Putnam.
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Celebrating Fenway Park’s Centennial Anniversary
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Red Sox outfielder Daniel Nava and mascot Wally the Green Monster
listen as Red Sox ambassador Ann Moran reads a story.
BOSTON RED SOX
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he John F. Kennedy Presidential Library helped
celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park,
first dedicated in 1912 by President Kennedy’s
grandfather, Boston Mayor John “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald,
with a variety of programs and activities this past spring.
On April 20, Kennedy Library Foundation President
Caroline Kennedy threw out one of three ceremonial first
pitches at Fenway’s 100th anniversary game between
longtime rivals Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.
The other first pitches were thrown by Boston Mayor Thomas
Menino and Thomas Fitzgerald, a grandson of “Honey Fitz.”
On April 22, following a screening of Rooters: The Birth
of the Red Sox Nation, Peter Nash, baseball historian and
author of Boston’s Royal Rooters; Richard Johnson, curator
of Boston’s Sports Museum; and Thomas Fitzgerald, grandson
of Boston mayor “Honey Fitz,” discussed the building of
Fenway Park and the passion of Red Sox fans. Ken Casey
of the Dropkick Murphys closed out the
forum with a rendition of “Tessie.”
On May 12, Wally the Green
Monster visited the JFK Library to
continue the 100th anniversary
celebration with young fans. Wally
was joined by Red Sox
player Daniel Nava and
Red Sox ambassador
Ann Moran, who welcomed
the young audience and read
Wally’s Journey Through
Time, a children’s book
written about the history
of Fenway Park.
Caroline Kennedy stands with Boston Mayor Tom Menino and
Thomas Fitzgerald at Fenway’s 100th anniversary celebration.
Wally the Green Monster
posing with a fan.
Library Welcomes Free Fun Fridays
On August 31, visitors enjoyed admission to the
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum free
of charge for the fourth consecutive year, thanks to the
generosity of the Highland Street Foundation and their
“Free Fun Fridays” program, which provides free admission
to designated Massachusetts museums and attractions over
the course of the summer. The Library welcomed 1,988
visitors, more than three times its normal attendance. This
year, a record-breaking fifty venues participated in Free Fun
Fridays, with five cultural institutions in Massachusetts open
free-of-charge every Friday for ten weeks.
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Conan O’Brien Helps Launch New Frontier Network
TOM FITZSIMMONS
New Frontier Network Honorary Chair Conan O’Brien.
The John F. Kennedy New Frontier Network brings
together young leaders and philanthropists ages 21 to 49
who are committed to advancing President Kennedy’s ideals
of civic engagement and public service to new generations.
Members provide a vital source of energy, leadership, and
critical funds to the Kennedy Library Foundation, all while
participating in dynamic programming and activities.
To learn more about membership in the New Frontier
Network, contact Sara Kanawati at 617-514-1673 or
[email protected].
New Frontier Network Co-Chairs Steve Kerrigan
and Foundation Board Member Jeannie Kedas.
Members Make a Difference
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND
MUSEUM was built with the private donations of millions of
people worldwide. In this spirit, our Membership program
brings together those who wish to stand with the Kennedy
Library Foundation and the legacy of our 35th president.
Membership gifts at all levels receive benefits such as free
Museum admission and discounted Museum Store purchases;
but, most importantly, membership gifts ensure that the
Library can reach new generations of students and scholars
through rich educational offerings and widespread access
to President Kennedy’s archives. If you would like to become
a member, visit www.jfklibrary.org or call 617-514-1672.
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his May saw the exciting launch of the John F.
Kennedy New Frontier Network with Kennedy
Library Foundation Board Member and New
Frontier Network Honorary Chair Conan O’Brien.
On May 24, O’Brien took to the Kennedy Library forum
stage with moderator Wesley Morris to offer his thoughts
on politics, life, and his ever-changing career. For a moment,
O’Brien departed from his usual comedic persona to offer
the young audience some sound advice:
“It is easier to be cynical and detached than to try. Part
of President Kennedy’s brilliance was his ability to inspire
young people to public service, to convince them that it was
really up to them to change the world.”
Following the forum, over 150 New Frontier Network
members and guests attended a reception in the new Learning
Center at the Library, which included a sunset cocktail
reception on the patio overlooking the harbor.
Opening remarks at the reception were made by co-chairs
Jeannie Kedas and Steve Kerrigan, followed by remarks from
O’Brien, who shared his first-hand connection to the mission
of the program.
The Kennedy Library Foundation salutes its most
generous current members as of October 2012:
Legacy Circle
Membership
$2,500 and
above
President’s
Circle
Membership
$1,000–$2,499
Philip J. Baduini
James Baker,
M.D., M.P.H.
Mazyar Kanani
Heather Killough
Phyllis L. Pullman
Patricia A.
Thomas-Fuller
and Karen
Cronin
Thomas C. Brown
Anna Corcoran
Rudy deLeon
Charles L. Donahue
Robert ElstonPollock
Peter L. Frechette
Alice L. George
Galen I. Ho
Sheri A. Layton
Thomas Lemberg
Martha Minow
Susan Peterson
Shyamal P. Sharma
Kimberly Vittorio
Margot Wilson
Kennedy Library Foundation Hosts Blockbuster Panel
at the Democratic National Convention
“We act as if politics is just a competition among sound
bites instead of a vision for the future and the kind of country
and community we want to live in,” Governor Patrick said.
“It’s a cliché to say that elections are about the future,
but in fact they are about the future, and it’s incumbent
on both parties and candidates to articulate their vision
of that future.”
“Changing Political Demographics” was presented as part
of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation’s New Frontier
Network programming; an initiative launched to engage young
leaders in politics and public service and inspired by President
Kennedy’s timeless legacy.
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n September 5, the John F. Kennedy Library
Foundation commemorated the 50th anniversary
of the Kennedy administration with a special
discussion and reception at the 2012 Democratic National
Convention in Charlotte. Moderated by Meet the Press’
David Gregory, the forum included Massachusetts Governor
Deval Patrick, Democratic strategist Maria Cardona, New
York Times columnist Matt Bai, and Facebook co-founder
Chris Hughes who discussed the influence of changing
political demographics on candidates, campaigns, political
parties, and public policy.
As the Civil Rights Movement defined the political parties
of the late 1960s, heightened debate around marriage equality,
women’s reproductive rights, economic disparity, and
immigration are defining the parties of today. The event,
titled “Changing Political Demographics,” was made possible
thanks to the generous underwriting of Liberty Mutual
Insurance and Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member
Paul Mattera, and graciously hosted by Bank of America.
The discussion opened with remarks from Steve Kerrigan,
CEO of the 2012 Democratic National Convention and
co-chair of the Kennedy Library Foundation’s New Frontier
Network, and Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member
Anne Finucane, the Global Strategy and Marketing Officer
for Bank of America. Gregory questioned the panelists on
the controversial problems facing our political system
and how the messaging of each of the 2012 presidential
campaigns was affecting different factions of voters.
Kennedy Library Foundation Executive Director Tom McNaught,
Foundation Board Member Chris Goode, Tom Crohan, Foundation Board
Member Micho Spring, and Foundation Board Member Paul Mattera.
STEPHANIE CHESSON
Panelists Chris Hughes, Matt Bai, Maria Cardona,
Governor Deval Patrick, and moderator David Gregory
of NBC’s Meet the Press.
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Moakley Public Speaking Institute Inspires a New Group of Students
This summer, twenty-five students participated
in the Moakley Public Speaking Institute, a
nine-day program for urban students from
disadvantaged backgrounds that helps improve
self-confidence and learn how to craft and deliver
a persuasive speech. Gathered at an annual
banquet in Stephen Smith Hall on August 23,
2012, the students presented speeches they
wrote during the program on controversial
issues and current events. “The Moakley Public
Speaking Institute provides a great opportunity
for students to gain more confidence in their
speaking and writing abilities while learning
from some of the 20th century’s most historically
significant speeches,” said Nancy McCoy, Director
SHAWN PAULLING
of Education and Public Programs at the John
F. Kennedy Presidential Library. The nine-day
intensive summer program serves students
from Upward Bound and other enrichment
programs in the Boston area.
Moakley Public Speaking Institute participants show off their certificates of achievement.
Irish President Michael Higgins Visits JFK Library
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including James “Jimmy” Deenihan, Minister for Arts, Heritage
and the Gaeltacht; members of the press; and other members
of the Irish Government. President Higgins was welcomed by
Kennedy Library Foundation Board Members Clive Palmer and
Stephen Smith, who then accompanied Library
Director Tom Putnam as he escorted President
Higgins on a tour of the Museum. Mr. Palmer
and Mr. Smith presented President Higgins with
a bronze bust of President Kennedy and a framed
copy of President Kennedy’s handwritten copy of
the poem, River Shannon, which Kennedy recited
in his farewell address from his visit to Ireland on
June 29, 1963.
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n May 5, Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland,
visited the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.
During his first official visit to the United States, he
was accompanied by his wife, Sabina Higgins, and a delegation
Irish President Michael Higgins
(center) with Kennedy Library
Board Members Stephen
Smith and Clive Palmer.
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Changing Leadership
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he Kennedy Library Foundation wished its Vice
President of Development, Ariadne Valsamis, a fond
farewell and best wishes as she left the Kennedy
Library to pursue a new career at Cambridge College, where
she has assumed the role of Vice President for Advancement.
The Kennedy Library Foundation’s Director of
Development, Maura Hammer, will lead the development
team as it gears up for 2013—the final year of the JFK50
campaign drive. Prior to joining the Foundation staff in 2011,
Hammer spent six years at Community Rowing, Inc., where
she led a $16 million capital campaign to build the first
boathouse on the Charles River dedicated to public access.
She has also held key development positions at several wellknown Boston–area nonprofits, including The Home for Little
Wanderers and The West End House Boys and Girls Club.
“As we mark the final year commemorating the 50th
anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s presidency, and as we
celebrate his enduring legacy, I invite those for whom his life
had meaning to reconnect with us. It is a very exciting time
Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member and Victura Society Chair
Dick Phelps with Director of Development Maura Hammer.
to be working at the Kennedy Library Foundation and
I am looking forward to doing my part to lead the
development department to new levels of fundraising
success,” said Hammer.
The Annual Fund—Raising Critical
Unrestricted Funds
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TOM FITZSIMMONS
he Annual Fund, launched in summer
2012, is the Kennedy Library Foundation’s
source for unrestricted philanthropic
support to relieve and enhance the Foundation’s
annual operating budget. The importance of
unrestricted support is crucial to ensure the success
of our education and public programs and allows us to honor and promote John F.
Kennedy’s long-lasting accomplishments, including the fight for civil and equal rights;
the calls to public service and a peaceful and just
society; the commitment to space exploration and
technology; and the recognition of the importance of
the arts. “We know you share our belief that the ideals
of President Kennedy and the hope he inspired can
energize generations to come,” said Jill Ker Conway,
Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member and Chair
of the Annual Fund. “We need your help today to
continue the kind of programming that has earned the
Kennedy Library the national recognition it enjoys.”
Planned Giving Boosts
Foundation
Established in 2008, the
Victura Society was created
exclusively for individuals and
families who have already
chosen or who are planning
to leave a special legacy of leadership
to the Kennedy Library Foundation
through bequests, retirement plans,
charitable trusts, and other plannedgift arrangements. If you have included
the Kennedy Library Foundation in
your estate plans, or would like more
information on how you can make
a legacy gift to the Foundation,
please contact Maura Hammer at
617-514-1580 or maura.hammer@
jfklfoundation.org. We look forward
to welcoming those individuals and
families who wish to make such a
gift to the Victura Society, and
encourage you to visit our web page
Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member
and Chair of the Annual Fund, Jill Ker Conway.
at www.jfklibrary.org.
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Forums
Remembering Sargent Shriver, June 16, 2012
LBJ: From Senate Majority Leader to
President, 1958–1964, May 16, 2012
Alan Brinkley discussed his new biography
in The American Presidents Series, John F.
Kennedy: The 35th President, 1961–1963,
with historian Ellen Fitzpatrick.
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Alan Brinkley on JFK, May 15, 2012
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro
discussed the fourth volume in his biography
of LBJ, The Passage of Power: The Years of
Lyndon Johnson, with Pulitzer Prize-winning
Boston Globe writer Mark Feeney.
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Mark Shriver discussed his new book, A Good
Man, about his late father, R. Sargent Shriver,
the first director of the Peace Corps, with
Richard Parker.
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A Conversation with Madeleine Albright,
April 26, 2012
Ethel: A Private Look Inside a Highly
Public Life, September 24, 2012
The Golden Age of the U.S. Senate,
July 31, 2012
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
discussed her memoir, Prague Winter: A
Personal Story of Remembrance and War,
1937-1948—with Nicholas Burns, former
United States Under Secretary of
State for Political Affairs.
Ethel Kennedy, wife of the late Robert F.
Kennedy, and her daughter, filmmaker Rory
Kennedy, hosted the Boston premiere of the
HBO documentary film Ethel: A Private Look
Inside a Highly Public Life.
Ira Shapiro, the author of The Last Great
Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times
of Crisis, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln
Chafee, and Tom Daschle, former US Senate
Majority Leader, discussed the achievements
and bi-partisanship of the US Senate during
the 1960s and 1970s with Peter Canellos,
Editorial Page editor of The Boston Globe.
A Conversation with Elizabeth Warren, July 17, 2012
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Elizabeth Warren, then the Democratic Party candidate in the
2012 Massachusetts United States Senate election and the
former special advisor for the Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau, discussed the challenges facing the nation.
The forum was moderated by veteran journalist
Christopher Lydon.
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A New and Improved Constitution, July 10, 2012
Poverty in America, June 4, 2012
Kevin Bleyer, Emmy Award–winning writer for The Daily Show
with Jon Stewart, discussed his new book, ME THE PEOPLE:
One Man’s Quest to Rewrite the Constitution of the United
States of America, with Meghna Chakrabarti, host of WBUR’s
Radio Boston.
Maurice Isserman joined Peter Edelman, author of So Rich, So Poor, and Harvard
professor Jennifer Hochschild to discuss the politics and persistence of poverty in
the United States.
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David McCullough discussed his latest book,
The Greater Journey, about prominent
19th-century Americans’ formative years in Paris.
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Museum of Fine Arts Loans Picasso Masterpiece to JFK Library
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he Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
and the John F. Kennedy Presidential
Library and Museum marked the 50th
anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis—the
thirteen days in October 1962 that brought the
United States and the Soviet Union to the brink
of thermonuclear war—by bringing Pablo
Picasso’s larger-than-life masterpiece, Rape
of the Sabine Women, to the JFK Library.
In an October 4 ceremony celebrating the
first-ever collaborative piece loan between the
MFA and the JFK Library, Caroline Kennedy,
President of the Kennedy Library Foundation,
and Malcolm Rogers, Ann and Graham Gund
Director of the MFA, unveiled Picasso’s
painting, thought to have been inspired by the
Cuban Missile Crisis and the horrors of war.
“We are thrilled to partner with the Museum
of Fine Arts as we commemorate one of the
most historic moments of my father’s presidency,”
said Caroline Kennedy. “President Kennedy
asked us to never forget that art is not a form
of propaganda; it is a form of truth. How
very honored we are to be able to present this
masterpiece by Picasso about the horrors of war.”
Caroline Kennedy and Malcolm Rogers stand in front of Pablo Picasso’s Rape of the
“The commemoration of the 50th anniversary
Sabine Women.
of the Cuban Missile Crisis presented a unique
opportunity for the MFA to lend a work from
its collection to the John F. Kennedy Library and
one of the great treasures of our collection—in remembrance of
Museum,” said Rogers. “President and Mrs. Kennedy were
this pivotal moment in our nation’s history.” Rape of the Sabine
champions of the arts, and we are honored to lend Picasso’s
Women was on view in the museum at the JFK Library through
powerful masterpiece inspired by the Cuban Missile Crisis—
January 6, 2013.