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Hi, Longtime Kennedy lurker here, and did you use to have a Kennedy blog years ago because your posts for some reason seem very familiar?

Love your blog btw! ❤️

hello!

i used to be a massive lurker years ago but i never had a kennedy blog until last year.

my only other blog is @sinphora i post a lot of random stuff on there feel free to follow me if you'd like !

thank you so much <3

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"As Robert Kennedy explained in 1964, "President Kennedy's favorite quote was really from Dante, 'The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality.'"

John and Robert Kennedy photographed at the McClellan hearings, May 1957.

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Teddy, Rose, Eunice and some friends sailing around Hyannis Port, c. 1952-58.

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Is it true that Joe Sr. paid Jackie to stay in her marriage with Jack and that she accepted? I saw this story repeated in an excerpt from a new book called JFK: Private, Public, Secret. The excerpt is about a previously unknown affair that Jack had in the 50s that was serious and known to Jackie, although I honestly don't know much stock I would put into this new "revelation" The woman that Jack was seeing said he described his marriage as "arranged" and that when asked if he loved Jackie, he replied by saying "I love politics"

No. It was a made up rumor around the time JFK ran for his senate reelection - that Joe Sr. was going to pay Jackie a million for each year she stays with JFK. When Jackie read about the story, she called Joe and said “why only 1 million, why not 10?” so she clearly found some humor in how ridiculous the rumor was.

They did have tension in their marriage around 1956 (when Jackie sadly gave birth to a stillborn daughter and Jack was hoeing around) but apparently it was resolved by the time Caroline was born.

Unfortunately, a lot of Kennedy books repeat a lot of unfounded gossip/family myths that are regurgitated from older books, so I tend to take them with a grain of salt unless the author seems like they’ve done a lot of research or sourced their claims (which is very rare when it comes to books about the Kennedys lol).

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it's been 5 months and tumblr still hasn't fixed my shadowb*n.

if you’ve replied to my posts and i haven’t answered im not ignoring u i promise it’s just that im in tumblr jail right now

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TED KENNEDY WITH HIS WIFE JOAN, 1964.

Featuring lots of winks and adorableness from Joansie <3

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Caroline and John Kennedy with their nanny and secret service agents on their last day living in the White House. They would continue to receive secret service protection until each of their sixteenth birthdays.

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Bobby and Ethel having trouble with a camera, 1964.

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#thinking about jackie and jfk’s last wedding anniversary together, where he got her a bunch of historical auction items to choose from as a gift, and she ended up choosing a snake bracelet because she could tell jfk loved it so much.

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Senator Ted Kennedy giving a speech at the dedication of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Memorial Laboratories, Wisconsin, 20 November 1963.

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John F. Kennedy playing cards with his sister, Eunice Kennedy, December 1947.

Both Kennedys lived together in Washington D.C. during this time, where JFK served as congressman and Eunice worked as an executive secretary at the Department of Justice, heading a program to combat juvenile delinquency.

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never before seen shots from a film roll of a photoshoot featuring robert f. kennedy, his daughter, and senator john glenn were released today ahead of fathers day by kerry kennedy.

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Jackie Kennedy - 1954

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Joan Kennedy's stunning portrait, 1958.

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president J.F.K on his trip to germany

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Jack and Joe Sr. photographed together at Palm Beach in 1945.

"The story goes that Joe dramatically called Jack in to announce their revised mutual plans. As Jack told a reporter several years later, “It was like being drafted. My father wanted his oldest son in politics. ‘Wanted’ isn't the right word. He demanded it. You know my father.” In the Chelsea Naval Hospital, Jack tried to cope with the devastating news. One thing was clear: as he told his friend Red Fay, 'Now the burden falls on me.'" - "Two Sons, One Destiny", Cari Beauchamp

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President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy along with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson attend the Second Inaugural Salute to The President, 18 January 1963.