John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

• By Tara Beth Hollins
• June 27, 2006

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"Ask not what your country can do for you--ask
what you can do for your country."
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About JFK
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born May 29, 1917 in
Brookline Massachusetts. He was born into a
family of wealth and strong political tradition.
His Parents Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
were raised a family of nine children in John was
the second born. a paragraph about the person.
The slightly built John (or Jack, as he was
usually called) was often overshadowed by his
older, sturdier brother, Joseph, Jr., who was
likeable, outgoing, and aggressive. When Joseph,
Jr., was born, his father was reported to have
remarked that he would be the first Kennedy to
become president.
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10 Quick Facts

• Of Irish descent, he was born in Brookline,
  Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917.
• Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic
  President.
• Kennedy was the youngest man elected President
  he was the youngest to die.
• He took vigorous action in the cause of equal
  rights, calling for new civil rights legislation.
  
• He married Jacqueline Bouvier on September 12,
  1953.
• Graduating from Harvard in 1940, he entered the
  Navy.
• Died November 22, 1963. Killed by an assassin's
  bullet in Dallas, Texas
• Fitzgerald, in fact, had been mayor of Boston and
  had served in Congress.
• Malaria and his old back injury finally forced
  him into the hospital in 1944. After back
  surgery, he was discharged from the Navy in 1945.
  
• Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (1957- ) John
  Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. (1960-99) Patrick
  Bouvier Kennedy (1963)

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JFK Candids
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev (left) greets
President John F. Kennedy on the steps of the
Soviet Embassy, June 4, 1961.
John F. Kennedy, shown here during the Cuban
Missile Crisis in 1962
The nation was stunned on November 22, 1963 when
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while
riding in a parade in Dallas. Mrs. Reynolds was
on her rocking horse at the tender age of three
Kennedy  had a great interest in space. He was,
after all, the President who declared publicly
that America would land a man on the moon, and
return him safely, at a time when there was great
doubt the feat could be accomplished.
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JFK
The president of yesterday J- Just F-
Friendly K- Kind The president I wish was here
today
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Questions for the Audience

• What are the names of John F. Kennedys children?
• When and where was John F. Kennedy born?
• How and when did he die?
• What quote is JFK famous for?

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References

• http//www.ipl.org/div/potus/jfkennedy.html
• http//www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jk35.
  html
• http//ap.grolier.com/article?assetida2016050-ht
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• http//ap.grolier.com/article?assetid0158940-0te
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• http//www.presidentialufo.com/kennedy1.htm