Tag: John F Kennedy

This photo was taken on March 31st, 1963. It shows the whole Kennedy clan happily spending some time together at Camp David. Caroline is...

This is a fascinating old photo from October 6th, 1965 at Arlington National Cemetery. The construction site shows what would eventually become JFK's gravesite,...

Sometimes we forget that famous people are also regular people with problems other than running a country. JFK was a young senator from Massachusetts...

It's that time of year, again. Commencement speakers address graduating college and university classes, and inevitably their speeches are ranked, assessed, complimented, and criticized. This...

This is a shocking old photo from 1962. These neo-Nazis are protesting in front of the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis (October...

Whoa, this is cool. If you haven't seen this before, it's a photo from 1947 when both Kennedy and Nixon were member of the...

Exactly 50 years ago today, JFK was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Below is footage of the gun salute and the bugler playing taps. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2h3z3Jqqo0

Check out this great photo from the 1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was held at the new D.C. Stadium (now RFK).

Before the Kennedy Center opening, the National Symphony Orchestra would perform at D.A.R. Constitution Hall. Below is an advertisement from The Washington Post, printed on...

On Friday, 50 years ago, The Washington Post printed this article detailing the upcoming state visit of West Germany's Chancellor, Ludwig Erhard. Washingtonians...

In scanning The Washington Post for November 22nd, 1963, I came across this small prayer, printed that day in section D8. It was a small...

The old Kennedy estate, Wexford, is for sale and you can have it for a cool $11 million. We came across this cool story...

As Mrs. Ghost went Christmas shopping this past weekend, I decided to go for a walk to explore the streets of Georgetown. The part of...

Wow. This one is cool. We found this digging through the National Archives. Amazing. This is the letter John F. Kennedy sent on Inauguration Day...

This is great old film footage of John F Kennedy in the Oval Office. The narration is in German (I believe - correct me...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkMvXlvrsuY On November 27th, 1962, 361 days before Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, the Prime Minister of the Somali Republic, Dr. Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, had an...

If you read this piece in the Washington Post on Wednesday morning, November 20th, 1963, you probably didn't think much of it. President Kennedy was...

I received the following email the other day from a GoDCers up near AU Park and Spring Valley. Hello, I love your website. Thank you for...

The new Air Force One, and the first jet in service for the president, set a new record in 1963. The Soviets claimed that...

Here's an interesting video I came across on YouTube. I'm not quite sure what year this is from, but I'm guessing it's somewhere in...

One of the most powerful and important inaugural addresses of all time, this is something worth watching in its entirety. The whole speech is...