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Duration:

16 minutes, 50 seconds

Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. is a very complicated figure with a variety of identities over the course of his life: a son, a brother, a student, a husband, a father, a financier, a film producer, and a public servant, but his wealth, his career, and indeed his entire life is often reduced to one-word: bootlegger. It has become part of the Kennedy family story. Ranger Jon explores the origins of this myth in an attempt to explain its continued persistence

 

Duration:

1 hour, 54 minutes, 56 seconds

On July 10, 2021, John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site honored Eunice Kennedy Shriver on the 100th anniversary of her birth with a filmed presentation that celebrated her life and legacy. The program included Shriver family members, biographers, disabilities rights advocates, and an award-winning Special Olympics athlete, among others.

 

Duration:

6 minutes, 50 seconds

As the road that connects the Capitol and the White House, Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site is the path that welcomed most new presidents to their new residence after taking the oath of office. Despite a series of mishaps, President John F. Kennedy delivered one of the most remembered inauguration speeches of all time and was able to make the traditional journey down Pennsylvania Avenue thanks to people who did for their country.

 

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[triumphant music]

(Male Narrator) Today the people of free, democratic Mexico come together to welcome the president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and Mrs. Kennedy.

[music]

President Kennedy is welcomed by President López Mateos of Mexico in the tradition of peace and friendship between our two nations.

[music]

(John F. Kennedy) We share a border of 2,000 miles. Over 3 million of our citizens in the United States are descended from your citizens. Most of all, we are both children of revolution. And it is of my hope that the spirit of our revolution in the United States is as alive today in our country as is the spirit of your revolution here in Mexico.

[crowd cheering]

(Jacqueline Kennedy) [speaking in Spanish] [voiceover] Each visit is like arriving to a new country. We see, everywhere, your efforts to create a better life for your people. But I also see many things that have not changed, and I hope they never change. The values of your culture— your profound belief in the dignity of man— have been expressed in your art and literature for centuries.

[applause]

(John F. Kennedy) Our two nations have been blessed with the same blessing of liberty. We now dream the same dream of opportunity in the future. And our two continuing revolutions have now been joined as one. One great effort in one great continent. In one great Alianza para el Progreso. Viva México.

[acoustic guitar music]

[crowd cheering]

[acoustic guitar music]

Duration:

2 minutes, 10 seconds

US President John F. Kennedy met with Mexican President Adolfo López Mateos in Mexico City in 1962. Their meeting was the turning point in negotiations to find a solution to the Chamizal dispute.