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Jackie and John F. Kennedy
Jackie and John F. Kennedy were both the children of prominent New England families, and belonged to similar social circles; they sometimes attended the same social events before formally being introduced. This happened in May 1952 at a dinner party organized by their mutual friends. The two began dating shortly after, and announced their engagement in June 1953.
The year after John was elected senator of Massachusetts he married Jackie in a large ceremony in Newport, Rhode Island. During John's run for presidency, Jackie stayed at home due to her pregnancy and supported her husband by answering letters, taping commercials, and giving interviews. When John was sworn in as president on January 20, 1961, Jackie became one the youngest First Ladies in U.S. History, at 31 years old.
The Kennedys in the White House are remembered as a modern and young family that hosted many artists and intellectuals at the presidential home, raising the status of the arts in America. John's popularity as president was matched by Jackie's talent for entertaining and her popularity with foreign dignitaries. She famously restored the entire White House in 1962, her first major project as First Lady.
John was assassinated on November 22, 1963, an event that shook America to its core. John and Jackie were in Dallas, Texas on a political trip when John was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald during an open motorcade. Jackie was unharmed. John's assassination was a pivotal event in American history, on par with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and September 11th, 2001.
Jackie spent much of the following year in mourning and attending memorials. Five years later, after the assassination of her brother-in-law Robert F. Kennedy, she married Aristotle Onassis, a wealthy Greek who could provide privacy and security for her and her children. Jackie survived Onassis by nearly twenty years, and died in 1994.
Jackie and John F. Kennedy
Jackie and John F. Kennedy were both the children of prominent New England families, and belonged to similar social circles; they sometimes attended the same social events before formally being introduced. This happened in May 1952 at a dinner party organized by their mutual friends. The two began dating shortly after, and announced their engagement in June 1953.
The year after John was elected senator of Massachusetts he married Jackie in a large ceremony in Newport, Rhode Island. During John's run for presidency, Jackie stayed at home due to her pregnancy and supported her husband by answering letters, taping commercials, and giving interviews. When John was sworn in as president on January 20, 1961, Jackie became one the youngest First Ladies in U.S. History, at 31 years old.
The Kennedys in the White House are remembered as a modern and young family that hosted many artists and intellectuals at the presidential home, raising the status of the arts in America. John's popularity as president was matched by Jackie's talent for entertaining and her popularity with foreign dignitaries. She famously restored the entire White House in 1962, her first major project as First Lady.
John was assassinated on November 22, 1963, an event that shook America to its core. John and Jackie were in Dallas, Texas on a political trip when John was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald during an open motorcade. Jackie was unharmed. John's assassination was a pivotal event in American history, on par with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and September 11th, 2001.
Jackie spent much of the following year in mourning and attending memorials. Five years later, after the assassination of her brother-in-law Robert F. Kennedy, she married Aristotle Onassis, a wealthy Greek who could provide privacy and security for her and her children. Jackie survived Onassis by nearly twenty years, and died in 1994.