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John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, inspired a generation that transformed America. But not everyone knows the stories behind the man - his experiences as a young servi...
From a young woman's sketch of John F. Kennedy with a mustache to boxes of dog treats discovered in his Oval Office desk on the day he died,...
The JFK Library holds thousands of primary source treasures that bring history to life. In this episode, JFK Library Foundation Executive Di...
At the JFK Presidential Library and Museum, history isn't frozen behind glass — each artifact has its own story to tell. This episode, we ta...
Lessons from a letter? JFK Presidential Library Education Director Suzi Fonda shares some of her favorite letters from children who picked u...
In the first episode of our Staff Picks series, Library Director Alan Price highlights three artifacts that capture pivotal moments that sha...
In this episode, we take a closer look at how President Kennedy viewed the social contract between the president and the American people wit...
In this episode, we explore how President Kennedy's call to public service helped shape a generation of dedicated government leaders. His vi...
In this episode, we look back at how President Kennedy understood the needs of his roles as a diplomat abroad and a strong negotiator at hom...
Democracy requires leaders who understand the responsibility they hold as elected leaders. In this episode, we will return to the speech Pre...
For more than 150 years, women have put their name forward to run in a presidential election. Of them, only three have made it on the ticket...
Presidential campaigns, from John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960 to today's candidates, have strategically sought endorsements from ce...
From the 1960 campaign to today, black and latino voices have played important roles in presidential campaigns. In this episode, we speak wi...
In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson told the nation he would not seek re-election as President. This year, President Joe Biden stepped down...
In John F. Kennedy's Presidential Campaign, there were many concerns over the high costs of running for president. Still, the money required...
For the first time in more than 40 years, a president was fired on and injured by an assassin's bullet. In this episode, we speak with presi...
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy was the mother of a 20th century political dynasty. In this episode, we'll explore her history through the museum sh...
This Earth Day, the JFK Library Foundation announced the Earthshot Innovation Challenge: Northeast U.S. Edition. The challenge is a $100,000...
In 1934, the National Archives and Records Administration was created to oversee the protection and dissemination of governmental and histor...
The Hemingway Letters Project seeks to publish a comprehensive edition of the writer Ernest Hemingway's letters. In this episode, we talk wi...
What did President Kennedy think of the presidency himself? And what makes a president? In this episode, we hear from JFK himself and talk t...
On August 28, 1963, 250,000 people of different races, religions, and economic backgrounds convened on the nation's capital for the March on...
In February 1963, President Kennedy said, "A man may die, but an idea lives on." In this episode, we look at the legacy JFK left behind and...
President Kennedy's trip to Texas was meant to rally support for his programs and policies and lay groundwork for the 1964 election. But ins...
Sixty years after President Kennedy's administration, fewer than 1 in 5 people in the United States have a living memory of the President. B...
In 1963, President Kennedy came home to Ireland, the land of his ancestors. During that visit, he called upon the Irish to take their place...
On the heels of his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, JFK traveled northward to Ireland, where his great-grandparents emigrated from in the 19t...
In the summer of 1963, JFK arrived in a divided Germany with the recent construction of the new Berlin Wall nearly two years earlier. Presid...
In 1963, President Kennedy gave a speech at American University outlining "a strategy of peace" on how the two superpowers, the U.S. and Sov...
Black Americans, particularly in the South, were denied their right to vote, with poll taxes, voter ID laws, literacy tests, intimidation, a...
In 1963, President Kennedy would make decisions that would reflect on his lasting legacy. It would also be a year that he would never comple...
Since the Massachusetts Bay Colony was established, Boston has been described as a "city on a hill" or a city to be looked to as an example...
President John F. Kennedy was the first president to take live televised questions from the press on a regular basis and he would provide th...
It has been 60 years since President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963. In this episode, we'll hear how far the United States...
Sixty years ago, President John F. Kennedy passed the Equal Pay Act of 1963. It was one of the first federal anti-discrimination laws that d...
The JFK Library plays an important role as a place where original documents, photographs, audio, film, and other artifacts from John F. Kenn...
Presidents' Day is a day to celebrate past presidents and American history. In this episode, we speak with two "living history interpreters"...
President Kennedy faced several major environmental threats during his presidency from the widespread use of dangerous chemicals in farming...
Sixty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, today's world leaders can apply lessons learned to potential future nuclear crises. Former Obama...
After the United States and Soviet Union survived the Cuban Missile Crisis and its immediate aftermath, the next steps for the two superpowe...
John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev reached an agreement about the Cuban Missile Crisis on October 28, but the crisis wouldn't end there....
October 27, 1962, also known as "Black Saturday," was the most dangerous day of the Cuban Missile Crisis as events began to spiral out of co...
By October 22, 1962, after days of long discussions with his advisors, President John F. Kennedy was ready to go public about the Soviet mis...
In the first few days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy and his advisors faced an extremely difficult choice on whether to atta...
From the moment President Kennedy took office, he warned the country about the dangers of nuclear weapons that could result in the deaths of...
On October 16, 1962, President John F. Kennedy was told the Soviet Union was assembling nuclear warheads on the island of Cuba, just 90 mile...
We know much about the speeches President Kennedy gave during his time in office, but what about the ones he never gave. Speechwriter and au...
In the Kennedy Administration, Edward R. Murrow and a team of journalists and filmmakers produced stories about the United States ' activiti...
Both sides of JFK's family were at the forefront of the amateur photography movement, using the burgeoning field to document their lives ove...
More than 100 years before President John F. Kennedy would take up residence at the White House, his great-grandmother Bridget Murphy arrive...
President Kennedy was the first sitting U.S. President to visit the nation of Ireland. The great-grandson of Irish immigrants, t he visit wa...