JFK Presidential Election



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Y/M/D Description Place
1960/00/00 Jack Kennedy uses the family Compound as a base for his 1960 US Presidential campaign and later as a summer White House and presidential retreat until his assassination in November 1963. Kennedy Compound, Barnstable
1960/00/00 Jack Kennedy uses the family Compound as a base for his 1960 US Presidential campaign and later as a summer White House and presidential retreat until his assassination in November 1963. John Kennedy Summer Home, Hyannis, Barnstable
1960/11/07 Democrat candidate for US President, John F Kennedy speaks from the steps of Providence City Hall to a crowd assembled on the plaza. Providence City Hall, Providence, RI
1960/11/09 John F Kennedy makes his US Presidential acceptance speech Hyannis National Guard Armory Battery D of the 685th AAA Battalion, Barnstable
1961/01/00 President-elect John F Kennedy meets with Arthur M Schlesinger and other future advisers. JFK dash up the stairs to take a phone call in Schlesinger sewing room. Mark-Schlesinger Residence, Cambridge, Cambridge, MA
1961/01/00 While meeting with other future advisers, JFK dashes up the stairs to take a phone call in Schlesinger sewing room. Mark-Schlesinger Residence, Cambridge, Cambridge, MA
1961/01/19 JFK and LBJ's Inaugural Dinner on the eve of the inauguration includes Shrimp Lamaze, Blue Point Oysters, Prime Filet Mignon and a selection of fine wines. JFK and Mary Hemingway discus Porter's "Ship of Fools". Willard Hotel, Washington, DC
1961/01/20 John F Kennedy is inaugurated President of the United States on Friday, January 20, 1961 at the eastern portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC. Eastern Portico, US Capitol, United States Capitol
1961/01/20 35th President of the United States 20 January 1961 to 22 November 1963 The White House, Washington, DC
1961/01/20 Lunch: cream of tomato soup with crushed popcorn, deviled crab meat imperial, New England boiled stuffed lobster, prime Texas ribs of beef au jus, string beans amandine and broiled tomatoes with grapefruit and avocado sections with poppyseed dressing. Old Senate Chamber, United States Capitol

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