50 Years Anniversary of JFK's Assassination

 

 

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

35^th President of the United States

1917 -1963

 

Even after 50 years after the death of our 35^thPresident, John F. Kennedy

his legacy as well as the mysteries behind his untimely demise goes on.

 But one thing is for sure, America lost a groundbreaking,

charismatic president.

JFK had many great accomplishments but here are a few:

 

 

1)     He became the 35th president of the US at the age of 43.
      He was the youngest, as well as the first Catholic president of the US.

 

2)     He served in the US senate form 1953-1960

 

3)    Served in the US Navy in WWII and Won the Purple Heart,
      a medal for soldiers injured or killed in the line of duty.

 

4)     JFK's cautious and sensible approach to the standoff during
      the Cuban missile crisis that ultimately diverted a nuclear war
      with the Soviet Union and secured the removal of missiles from
      Cuba.

 

5)    Under JFK's administration, laws was put in place to end
     segregation in interstate travel facilities

 

6)    JFK issued an executive order prohibiting discrimination in the
      sale or lease of housing that was financed by federally guaranteed
      loans or owned by the federal government.

 

 

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you,
ask what you can do for your country.

John F. Kennedy

 

 Here are a few books about President Kennedy that are in
The Free Library of Philadelphia collection.