Posts tagged John F. Kennedy
There will never be another Camelot
And there’s a picture where I have my hand on his chin and you know, he’s just looking at me and there really were tears in his eyes… . suddenly a flash came because I didn’t think there was anyone there. In the papers it said, wife chucks him under chin. I mean, that was so much more emotional than any kiss because his eyes really did fill with tears.
Oh, it’s a long long while from May to December
But the days grow short when you reach September
When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame
One hasn’t got the time
Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few
September, November!
And these few precious days I’ll spend with you
These precious days I’ll spend with you
— Sung by John F. Kennedy on the last Sunday of his life
(Source: youngfirstlady)
Every gift but length of years..
‘To An Athlete Dying Young’ - A.E Housman (1896)
The time you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market-place;
Man and boy stood cheering by,
And home we brought you shoulder-high.
To-day, the road all runners come,
Shoulder-high we bring you home,
And set you at your threshold down,
Townsman of a stiller town.
Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields where glory does not stay
And early though the laurel grows
It withers quicker than the rose.
Eyes the shady night has shut
Cannot see the record cut,
And silence sounds no worse than cheers
After earth has stopped the ears:
Now you will not swell the rout
Of lads that wore their honours out,
Runners whom renown outran
And the name died before the man.
So set, before its echoes fade,
The fleet foot on the sill of shade,
And hold to the low lintel up
The still-defended challenge-cup.
And round that early-laurelled head
Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead,
And find unwithered on its curls
The garland briefer than a girl’s.
I thought they’d get one of us, but Jack, after all he’s been through, never worried about it.
I thought it would be me.
Jackie’s taste was very simple. She liked only the very best.
— Oleg Cassini
(Source: youngfirstlady)
Winning in the West Virginia primary, 1960
The Kennedy siblings at campaign headquarters: Eunice, Patricia, Robert, John and Jean.
(Source: american-nostalgia)
Young Kennedys having fun
(Source: ladyfalcon)
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.
Mary McGrory said to me that we’ll never laugh again. And I said, `Heavens, Mary. We’ll laugh again. It’s just that we’ll never be young again.
JFK and RFK in colour.
(Source: cry--freedom)
The tale of two brothers..
Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Lieutenant in the United States Navy 1941-1945. Among others awarded with the Purple Heart and the World War II Victory Metal.
(Source: shuaaaat)
