L.D.C. Fitzgerald, JFK Novelist

According to the “Globe” it’s true! JFK fathered a love child with superstar Marilyn Monroe.

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On May 19, 1962, superstar Marilyn Monroe sang a throaty, sensual happy birthday to JFK, then president of the US.

John F. Kennedy‘s 45th birthday would be ten days later on May 29, 1962. He would be brutally assassinated 18 months later.

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On May 19, 1994, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis passed away after battling non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer. The world will never forget the former first lady, fashion icon, and publishing executive.

Born on July 28, 1929 to a wealthy Southampton NY family, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was an accomplished equestrian who maintained a lifelong interest in horsemanship. After her society debut in 1947, Miss Bouvier attended three different universities—and studied in France—before earning a BA in French Literature from George Washington University.

In September 1953, Jackie married then-US Representative, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, after sixteen months of courtship. When JFK triumphed in the 1960 presidential election, America’s First Family brought a toddler and an infant—Caroline and John Junior—to the White House.

A First Lady of class and grace, Jackie was beautiful, refined, and highly regarded as a fashion icon. An educated woman fluent in French, Spanish, and Italian, Mrs. Kennedy dazzled the French by speaking in their native tongue during a diplomatic visit. JFK later joked, “I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.”

Believing that the White House lacked the majesty befitting the epicenter of government, Mrs. Kennedy committed herself to introducing culture and history to the home of the president. She planned numerous social events to which—alongside politicians, dignitaries, and diplomats—she invited scientists, musicians, artists, writers, and poets. Jackie also initiated the first full-scale renovation of the White House in over a hundred years. In 1962, the First Lady took Americans on a televised tour through the famed building, in a savvy political move that impressed not just the US, but ultimately the world.

On the fateful day of her husband’s assassination, Mrs. Kennedy wore a custom-made, vibrant pink Chanel suit with matching pillbox hat. Although her elegant ensemble became splattered with his blood, she refused to change. Jackie declared, “Let them see what they have done.”

In 1968, the young widow married Greek tycoon, Aristotle Onassis, in a union which would forever bestow upon her the nickname, Jackie O. Seven years later, she became a widow for the second time, when Onassis died of respiratory failure.

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis enjoyed a long and successful career in publishing until her death in 1994, just two months shy of her sixty-fifth birthday. The East Garden of the White House is named the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden in her honor.

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Oscar Berger’s Presidential Caricature of JFK.

The Czech refugee drew 37 Chief Executives.

An exhibit of Gerber’s presidential portraits is currently hanging at New Britain Museum of American Art. The show will be up until Sunday, July 15.

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This caricature of Teddy Roosevelt is drawn with one continuous line.

51 years ago today, President Kennedy touched down in Ottawa in his first trip to a foreign country since he took the oath of office four months earlier.

With trumpets blaring, Kennedy and his wife, Jackie walked from their aircraft down a long, red carpet past flag-waving schoolchildren into the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Hangar. There, Kennedy issued a ringing call for solidarity in the Cold War struggle against communism — “in this long twilight era that is neither peace nor war we must stand together even more firmly than before.”

The first couple proved popular with Canadians — as many as 50,000 people lined the streets.

However, Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker didn’t like Kennedy, calling him “boastful,” a “hothead” and “too young, too brash, too inexperienced.” Kennedy, meanwhile, thought Diefenbaker was “boring.”

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Blockbuster JFK novel DESTINATION DEALEY: Countdown to the Kennedy Conspiracy is proud to honor Law Enforcement Officers on National Police Week, May 13-19, 2012.

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. Currently, tens of thousands of law enforcement officers from around the world converge on Washington, DC to participate in a number of planned events which honor those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

DESTINATION DEALEY opens in a world where KGB snipers botched the JFK assassination fifty years ago, killing First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy instead. The cataclysmic event triggers a chronic war with Russia. On the brink of Armageddon, a team of outlaws time-travels into history. To save the future, they must thwart the conspiracy and right the wrongs of the past.

The thriller novel blends fact and fiction to chronicle the tragic assassination of President John F. Kennedy. But the narrative also examines the story of Officer JD Tippit, who was shot to death by Lee Harvey Oswald on the same day.

The novel is Dedicated to law enforcement officers worldwide.

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Dealey Plaza in Dallas, infamous for being the site of JFK‘s tragic assassination, will be restored in time for the 50th anniversary on November 22, 2013.

The site of JFK‘s brutal assassination back in 1963, the park has remained virtually the same over the past fifty years. Restoration plans include repairing structural damage, updating the fountains in the two reflecting pools and bringing some sidewalks into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

George Bannerman Dealey—longtime publisher of the Dallas Morning News—used his influence to campaign for redevelopment of the plaza, which had become neglected and run-down in the 1930s. His efforts inspired revitalization of the park, and as a result, it bears his name. A larger-than-life statue of the powerful business mogul in the plaza pays him homage.

Dominating the park on the northwest corner of Elm and Houston Streets is the Texas School Book Depository Building, formerly with its fabled Hertz billboard and clock on the roof. The seven-story brick building was a regional textbook storage and redistribution center in 1963. Employee Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired his Mannlicher-Carcano rifle from the sixth-floor southeast window at the president’s motorcade.

North of Elm Street is a concrete structure called the Pergola. About one hundred feet long, the rounded concrete trellis has a semi-enclosed back and top with a latticework of gaping rectangles. The Pergola sits atop a sloping hill known as the Grassy Knoll. Many conspiracy experts theorize that shots were also fired from the Grassy Knoll or from behind the stockade fence.

At 12:29 pm on November 22, 1963, President Kennedy‘s motorcade made a sharp left onto Elm Street from Houston Street, entering Dealey Plaza. American and presidential flags billowed from the front quarter panels of his specially designed Lincoln convertible. As the spectators cheered, President and Mrs. Kennedy smiled and waved at the crowd. At 12:30 pm, shots rang out, echoing throughout the plaza. The motorcade sped away, transporting the fatally wounded president to Parkland Memorial Hospital. He was declared dead thirty minutes later.

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Fascinating artwork featuring JFK, our 35th president.

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President Kennedy threw out the first pitch in several baseball games while in office.

In this April 10, 1961 black-and-white file photo, President John F. Kennedy makes the throw to open the big league baseball season in Griffith Stadium in Washington.

President John F. Kennedy winds up to throw out the first pitch to inaugurate the 1962 American League season and D.C. Stadium in Washington on April 9, 1962. D.C. Stadium later became known as RFK Stadium, named after Kennedy’s brother Robert.

July 10, 1962, President John F. Kennedy attends the 32nd All-Star Baseball Game in D.C. Stadium, throws out first ball.

President Kennedy throws out the first pitch on opening day of baseball, April 8, 1963. Washington DC, Senators versus Orioles.

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Popular viral video of Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy.

• Check out Oswald’s bizarre Hitler-like mustache.
• Hear Oswald’s own words.
• Listen to Ruth Paine, his wife’s friend, describe Oswald.

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