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History News Network (HNN)
March 29, 2018
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu was chosen to receive the 2018 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his role in removing four Confederate monuments in New Orleans, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation said Tuesday. Landrieu will be honored at a ceremony at the John F. KennedyÃâà...
The Philadelphia Tribune
March 29, 2018
"I am so humbled and honored to receive the JFK Library Profile In Courage Award," the Democratic mayor posted on Twitter. "My sincerest gratitude to Jack, the Kennedy family and the committee for selecting me." Landrieu, who is leaving office this spring because of term limits, called for removing theÃâà...
WGNO
March 28, 2018
BOSTON — The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation has announced that New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will receive the 2018 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his leadership in removing four Confederate monuments in New Orleans. Landrieu offered candid, clear, and compassionateÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 28, 2018
The award has been presented by The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation annually since 1989 to public servants who have made courageous decisions of conscience ... "I am so humbled and honored to receive the JFK Library Profile In Courage Award," the Democratic Landrieu posted on Twitter.
The Boston Globe
March 28, 2018
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu was chosen to receive the 2018 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his role in removing four Confederate monuments in New Orleans, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced Tuesday. Landrieu will be honored at a ceremony at the John F.
The Root
March 11, 2018
In 2003, the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum held a special exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Jacqueline Bouvier and John Fitzgerald Kennedy nuptials. Visitors got to see various mementos from the 1953 wedding, considered the social event of the season at the time. A highlight of theÃâà...
The Boston Globe
March 11, 2018
Chuck and Heather Campion with Caroline Kennedy at a 1998 event in the John F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester. By Bryan Marquard Globe Staff March 10, 2018. With the prescience of someone who became a political operative before the age of 10, Chuck Campion surveyed the presidential campaign landscape inÃâà...
Live Science
March 10, 2018
Not long after, at around 2:15 p.m., police officers arrested Oswald in the back of a movie theater and held him for the assassination of Kennedy and the fatal shooting of Tippit, according to the JFK library. At 2:38 p.m., just an hour and 38 minutes after Kennedy was pronounced dead, Vice PresidentÃâà...
Wicked Local
February 26, 2018
Ronald L. Sargent, chairman of the Board of Directors of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, recently announced that the Board of Directors unanimously elected the following new members: Ivy Brown, president of UPS's Northeast District; Richard Donahue Jr., lawyer and senior vice president ofÃâà...
Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
February 19, 2018
BOSTON (WHDH) – Local families celebrated this Presidents Day Monday at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Dorchester,. The annual celebration featured actors playing several notable presidents and first ladies – from Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams. The library alsoÃâà...
The Boston Globe
February 19, 2018
“As a presidential library we feel an onus to engage the public in understanding the highest office of our land and, most importantly, feeling empowered to be a part of those conversations,” said JFK Library Foundation outreach and programs coordinator Maria D. Quintero, who added that the library focusesÃâà...
CBS Boston / WBZ
February 19, 2018
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston is hosting its seventh annual Presidents' Day Family Festival on Monday. Actors portraying presidents John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Ulysses Grant and first ladies Abigail Adams and Julia Grant will share stories andÃâà...
Boston.com
February 18, 2018
BOSTON (AP) — What better way to spend Presidents Day than at a presidential library? The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston is hosting its seventh annual Presidents' Day Family Festival on Monday. Actors portraying presidents John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, ThomasÃâà...
CBS Boston / WBZ
January 20, 2018
BOSTON (CBS) – Boston's John F. Kennedy Presidential Library is among the facilities around the country that will be impacted by the government shutdown that became official at midnight. CBS News: Who Is Affected By Government Shutdown And What's Next? The JFK Library Twitter account posted aÃâà...
The Boston Globe
November 27, 2017
... exhibit, public, and educational programs, has been without a permanent replacement since 2015, when longtime director Tom Putnamleft abruptly amid questions about the leadership style of Heather Campion, the then-newly appointed chief executive of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
Broadway World
December 31, 1999
Actor-Musician, Richard Stillman and fiddler, David Rimelis will be performing The Irish Balladeers show on Sat. March 10th at the John F. Kennedy Library. This is a family show that celebrates Irish music, storytelling and step dancing. Richard will be telling stories & playing tenor banjo, bagpipes,Ãâà...
