Showing posts with label Jacqueline Kennedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jacqueline Kennedy. Show all posts
Friday, November 15, 2013
The Assassination of JFK-- Part 8: Fifty Things
41. Jackie Kennedy requested an eternal flame be put by the grave.
42. Although she would remarry, today she is buried next to the president.
43. Two of the Kennedy's children, an infant son and daughter, are also buried with their parents.
44. The funeral day, Nov. 25, was also John Jr.'s third birthday.
45. Caroline would turn 6 two days later.
46. A taxi cab driver reported that the funeral crowds were oddly quiet: "...you could hear a pin drop."
47. An Irish military guard paid its respects at graveside, following commands shouted in Gaelic.
48. After the funeral, Jackie Kennedy met privately with three heads of state: Charles de Gaulle of France, Eamon de Valera of Ireland and Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.
49. Near midnight that night, Jackie and Bobby Kennedy paid an unplanned visit to Kennedy's grave.
The first two letters that Lyndon Johnson wrote as president were to Caroline and John Jr.
Of all that happened that week, the funeral procession is what got to me the most. I still can't hear muffled drums without tearing up.
It Was Quite a Time.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Whatever happened to Jackie Kennedy's Pink Hat-- Part 3
Sometime in the next six months, a box containing the suit, blouse, handbag, shoes and stockings arrived at the National Archives headquarters with a note on the stationary of Janet Auchincloss, Jackie Kennedy's mother with the words, "Jackie's suit and bag worn Nov. 22, 1963."
The box was the one originally sent by the dressmaker addressed to "Mrs. Johm F. Kennedy, The White House. Archivists put it in stack area 6W3, where it remained for more than 30 years.
It was sort of a secret that they had it, which led to a little embarrassment when Parade Magazine called in 1996 with a reader question about the hat.
In the mid-1990s, the suit was moved to a new archives building. In 2003, a deed of gift was secured from Caroline Kennedy, by then the sole surviving heir which stipulated the suit not be displayed for the life of the deed--100 years.
As far as the hat is concerned Clint Hill gave it to Mary Gallagher, Jackie's personal secretary. When contacted by phone. she refused to discuss the hat.
Hat, Hat. Who's Got Da Hat? --Cooter
The box was the one originally sent by the dressmaker addressed to "Mrs. Johm F. Kennedy, The White House. Archivists put it in stack area 6W3, where it remained for more than 30 years.
It was sort of a secret that they had it, which led to a little embarrassment when Parade Magazine called in 1996 with a reader question about the hat.
In the mid-1990s, the suit was moved to a new archives building. In 2003, a deed of gift was secured from Caroline Kennedy, by then the sole surviving heir which stipulated the suit not be displayed for the life of the deed--100 years.
As far as the hat is concerned Clint Hill gave it to Mary Gallagher, Jackie's personal secretary. When contacted by phone. she refused to discuss the hat.
Hat, Hat. Who's Got Da Hat? --Cooter
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Whatever Happened to Jackie Kennedy's Rose-Pink Hat?-- Part 2
Somewhere in the hospital, the hat came off. Mary Gallagher, the first lady's personal secretary was handed the pillbox hat and noticed strands of Jackie's hair beneath the hat pin and could imagine her yanking it off.
Staff and handlers wanted Jackie to "clean up her appearance" but were refused. "No. let them see what they've done," she reportedly said.
"The suit was never cleaned and never will be." It is somewhere in the climate-controlled National Archives and Records Adminstration's Maryland complex.
Aides managed to secure Kennedy's belongings back to the White House by nightfall. The hat seemed to hopscotch from Dallas to Washington. Jackie Kennedy accompanied the coffin to Bethesda Naval Hospital for the autopsy while the hat made its way to the White House.
A White House policeman was instructed to give the hat to Clint Hill, but mistakenly gave it to Robert Foster, the agent assigned to protect the Kennedy children.
Mrs. Kennedy returned to the White House early on November 23rd, took off the suit and bathed. Her maid, Providencia Paredes said she put the clothing in a bag and hid it.
Hat, Hat, Who's Got the Hat--DaCoot
Staff and handlers wanted Jackie to "clean up her appearance" but were refused. "No. let them see what they've done," she reportedly said.
"The suit was never cleaned and never will be." It is somewhere in the climate-controlled National Archives and Records Adminstration's Maryland complex.
Aides managed to secure Kennedy's belongings back to the White House by nightfall. The hat seemed to hopscotch from Dallas to Washington. Jackie Kennedy accompanied the coffin to Bethesda Naval Hospital for the autopsy while the hat made its way to the White House.
A White House policeman was instructed to give the hat to Clint Hill, but mistakenly gave it to Robert Foster, the agent assigned to protect the Kennedy children.
Mrs. Kennedy returned to the White House early on November 23rd, took off the suit and bathed. Her maid, Providencia Paredes said she put the clothing in a bag and hid it.
Hat, Hat, Who's Got the Hat--DaCoot
Friday, June 3, 2011
Whatever Happened to Jackie Kennedy's Rose-Pink Hat?-- Part 1
From the January 28, 2011, Chicago Tribune "Kennedy hat is lost piece of history" by Faye Flore.
When people think back to the events of Nov. 22, 1963, the assassination of President Kennedy, a myriad of images play on our heads, but a big one is the rose-pink and pillbox hat worn by Jacqueline Kennedy.
Back in January, an expanded collection was put on display to coincide with the 50th anniversary of JFK's inauguration. However, missing from it is that bloodstained pink suit. It is stored away in a vault in Maryland and banned from public display for 100 years.
The pillbox hat, however, is lost. It was last known to be in the hands of her personal secretary who won't discuss its whereabouts.
"The pink was unforgettable--the color of roses, azaleas, watermelon. Kennedy himself asked her to wear it. It was trimmed in navy blue, with a blue blouse, blue pumps, handbag and the trademark pillbox hat, secured with a pin."
Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the first lady remembers the left side of the suit's skirt wet with her husband's blood where she was cradling his head.
More to Come. --Cooter
When people think back to the events of Nov. 22, 1963, the assassination of President Kennedy, a myriad of images play on our heads, but a big one is the rose-pink and pillbox hat worn by Jacqueline Kennedy.
Back in January, an expanded collection was put on display to coincide with the 50th anniversary of JFK's inauguration. However, missing from it is that bloodstained pink suit. It is stored away in a vault in Maryland and banned from public display for 100 years.
The pillbox hat, however, is lost. It was last known to be in the hands of her personal secretary who won't discuss its whereabouts.
"The pink was unforgettable--the color of roses, azaleas, watermelon. Kennedy himself asked her to wear it. It was trimmed in navy blue, with a blue blouse, blue pumps, handbag and the trademark pillbox hat, secured with a pin."
Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the first lady remembers the left side of the suit's skirt wet with her husband's blood where she was cradling his head.
More to Come. --Cooter
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