Sunday, May 19th, 2013

A Country Mourns With the Kennedy Family (1963)

The country was in mourning, having just lost our President a few weeks earlier in Dallas. This is a pretty somber, powerful and moving video of the Kennedy family leaving the White House and moving into their new Georgetown home at 3038 N St NW. There’s another shot of Jackie visiting JFK’s grave in Arlington Cemetery.

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  • Barbara

    Thanks for this, Tom. Tender, touching. Don’t remember seeing it before … Just finished reading King’s 11/22/63

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