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Virtual President’s Desk Enlivens JFK’s 1800s Desk

BOSTON (AP).- As a little girl, Caroline Kennedy hung out at her father’s desk while he worked in the country’s most famous office. Now the library she works with to preserve her father’s memory has introduced a way anyone can sit — virtually &#15…

New iPad Application Tells John F. Kennedy’s Story Fifty Years After Inauguration

NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Fifty years after John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, a new iPad application dedicated to the late president’s life aims to be a multimedia museum for history buffs. The app, by New York City-based historian and publisher Marc Schulman…

John F. Kennedy Library and Museum Marks 50th Anniversary of JFK Inauguration

BOSTON (AP).- Fifty years later, Richard Donahue still remembers the bitter cold and the crowds at the U.S Capitol stamping their feet to stay warm as they waited for John F. Kennedy to deliver his inaugural address on the day the torch was passed to a…

Lee Harvey Oswald’s Simple Wooden Coffin Sells for $87,469 to Mystery Bidder

LOS ANGELES, CA (AP).- The simple wooden coffin that was supposed to be Lee Harvey Oswald’s final resting place will soon have a new resting place of its own after a mystery bidder bought it at auction for more than $87,000. The coffin was put on the a…

‘Happy Birthday, Mr. President’: 1962 JFK Birthday Cake Decoration Readies for Public Auction in Dallas

DALLAS, TX.- What is easily one of the most extraordinary pieces of JFK-related memorabilia, and hence 20th Century Pop Culture, ever to surface — the Presidential Seal cake side decoration from President John F. Kennedy’s May 29, 1962 birthday ca…

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