NEW YORK, NY (BUSINESS WIRE).- If you were alive on Nov. 22, 1963, you remember, or have been told, where you were when President John F. Kennedy was killed. Perhaps no one remembers better than Mary Moorman, who was just 15 feet from JFK’s motorc…
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 …
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…
Annual Barrett-Jackson Auction to Sell Historic Ambulance that Transported JFK
SCOTTSDALE, AZ.- The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company, “The World’s Greatest Collector Car AuctionsTM”, will sell one of the most historically significant vehicles in U.S. history at its 40th Annual Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction, Jan…
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…
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…
Lee Harvey Oswald’s Coffin to Be Auctioned in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- For the JFK-assassination conspiracy junkie who has everything: Lee Harvey Oswald’s coffin. Body not included. A Los Angeles auction house said on Tuesday it would sell the simple pine coffin in which the suspected assassin of …
‘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…