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Dedicated to the legacy of our nation's 35th president. We are the non-profit partner and creative collaborator of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.
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On November 17, 1962, JFK and President Eisenhower dedicated Dulles Airport, the first airport in the world designed for jet aircraft. Its now-iconic main terminal was designed by architect Eero Saarinen.

https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jfkwhp-1962-11-17-a
JFK, hat in hand, stands outside the Dulles Airport with Najeeb Halaby, Federal Aviation Agency Administrator. Members of the press take photos.
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum and Museum Store will reopen to the public on Saturday, November 15, 2025.

In celebration of our reopening, the Museum is excited to offer free admission to all visitors through November 30.

Plan your trip: jfklibrary.org/PlanYourTrip
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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President Kennedy gave his 64th - and what would be his last - news conference #otd on November 14, 1963.

He discussed:
The arrest of an American professor in the Soviet Union
The coup in Vietnam
Foreign aid

See more: jfklibrary.org/newsconference64
JFK on stage at the State Department Auditorium with Press Secretaries Pierre Salinger and Andrew Hatcher. 3rd page of the press conference transcript, with questions about JFK’s tax and civil rights bills and Vietnam.
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Congress has restored funding of appropriated activities. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, administered by the National Archives, is working to restore full operations as quickly as possible. Please check jfklibrary.org for updates.
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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On November 20, join us for a free forum with Chris Matthews on the 100th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s birth, as he discusses his new book, Lessons from Bobby: Ten Reasons Robert F. Kennedy Still Matters.
Kennedy Library Forums: Lessons from Bobby with Chris Matthews. November 20, 2025 at 7:00 pm ET
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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“On this day of remembrance, let us pray in the name of those who have fought in this country's wars… that there will be no veterans of any further war -- not because all shall have perished but because all shall have learned to live together in peace.” - President John F. Kennedy

#VeteransDay
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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During #WorldWarII, JFK chronicled his experience in the Pacific theater of the war, as well as news and photos of his family members who served.

See the full album: https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/kfc-077-001

#VeteransDay
Page from scrapbook that includes two photos of a PT boat, and photo of JFK with another person in the Solomon Islands. Page from scrapbook that includes photos of JFK with his crew in the Solomon Islands. Page from scrapbook that has clippings from news articles on the death of Joe Kennedy Jr. in August 1944. Page from scrapbook that has clippings from news articles on the death of Lord Hartington in September 1944.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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"Democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in." On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall came down, 28 years after it was built.

During his short trip to West Berlin in June 1963, President Kennedy visited Checkpoint Charlie, a crossing along the Wall.
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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#OTD on November 8, 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy was elected president in a close race, beating Vice President Richard M. Nixon by approximately 118,550 votes.

After casting his vote in Boston, JFK traveled to Hyannis Port to await the election results with his family.

📷: PX89-10
Photo of Senator and Mrs. Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy. Mrs. Kennedy wears a tan coat with funnel neck and has her hands in the coat pockets. JFK wears a suit and holds Caroline, who wears a blue hat and coat and red pants and shoes.
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Jacqueline Kennedy approached the White House restoration as a scholarly pursuit, with a goal of sharing our nation’s history.

JFK Library Foundation Executive Director Rachel Flor shares how Mrs. Kennedy transformed the White House for generations to come.

Listen: jfklibrary.org/jfk35restoration
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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On November 4, 1952, Representative John F. Kennedy beat out the incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. to become Senator for Massachusetts.

In the lead up to #ElectionDay, JFK campaigned with his family around the state. See these photos, recently added to our website:
www.jfklibrary.org/search?searc...
JFK, using crutches, speaks onstage in front of a group of women. His mother Rose, and sisters Eunice Shriver and Patricia Lawford, sit behind him.
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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We're wishing everyone a safe and happy Halloween, full of treats and no tricks!

Halloween in the White House: https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jfkwhp-1963-10-31-d#?image_identifier=JFKWHP-ST-C372-6-63
Caroline Kennedy, in a witch costume and mask, faces the camera holding a small black cat. JFK sits behind her laughing with JFK Jr., in costume and wearing a mask and orange hat.
October 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Nominations for the 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award are now open!

Help us celebrate courage in leadership by submitting a nominee worth honoring: https://www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-awards/profile-in-courage-award/submit-a-nomination
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Everyone loves to trick or treat- even a first lady! JFK’s sister Jean Kennedy Smith reveals how Jacqueline Kennedy convinced her to “go undercover” with the kids in Washington, DC one Halloween.
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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On November 2 at 2:00, join us for the 49th annual PEN/Hemingway Award celebration at the Campus Center at UMass Boston. Seán Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s grandson, honors 2025 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel finalists and winner Michael Deagler, author of Early Sobrieties.
PEN/Hemingway Award Celebration with Michael Deagler. November 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM ET.
October 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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JFK and ExComm replied to Khruschev that night, and RFK met with the Soviet ambassador to the US to backchannel about Kennedy’s new proposal - the US would remove the Turkish missiles but it had to be kept secret.
Press release of JFK’s letter to Khrushchev on October 27, 1962 begins, “I have read your letter of October 26th with great care and welcomed the statement of your desire to seek a prompt solution to the problem. The first thing that needs to be done, however, is for work to cease on offensive missile bases in Cuba and for all weapons systems in Cuba capable of offensive use to be rendered inoperable, under effective United Nations arrangements.”
October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The US had its first combat casualty when pilot Rudolph Anderson was shot down by a Soviet anti-aircraft missile. JFK was worried that more pilots would be killed if they kept doing surveillance over the island.
Letter on White House letterhead to Mrs. Anderson, Rudolph Anderson's widow. JFK's handwritten note on the bottom says "Your husband's mission was of the greatest importance but I know how deeply you must feel his loss."
October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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On the 26th, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev had sent Kennedy a promising message that the crisis could be resolved.

On the 27th, he added a stipulation, surprising JFK and his advisors in ExComm: that the US remove its nuclear missiles in Turkey.
2nd page of Khrushchev's October 27 message to Kennedy, with highlighted text: "I therefore make this proposal: We are willing to remove from Cuba the means which you regard as offensive. We are willing to carry this out and to make this pledge in the United Nations. Your representatives will make a declaration to the effect that the United States, for its part, considering the uneasiness and anxiety of the Soviet State, will remove its analogous means from Turkey."
October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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October 27, 1962, known as Black Saturday, was the most dangerous day of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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“When power corrupts, poetry cleanses."

On October 26, 1963, JFK spoke about the importance of the role of an artist in society at the dedication of the Frost Library at Amherst College.

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JFK speaks from a podium onstage at Amherst College. College officials stand and applaud. Page 3 of a draft of JFK's remarks at the Frost Library Groundbreaking, which includes some handwritten notes and edits. In the middle of the page, he has crossed out the line "When power intoxicates, poetry restores sobriety," and written above it "When power corrupts, poetry cleanses."
October 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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“I’m not worried about the future. We need to talk about right now...We had 7 million people last weekend. How do we tap into that?”

Karine Jean-Pierre joined us to discuss about her time in the White House and how we can move beyond partisanship to build a country that truly works for its people.
Karine Jean-Pierre is seated on stage at a John F. Kennedy Library Foundation forum, gesturing with her right thumb up and smiling while engaging in a discussion.
October 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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On October 22, 1962, President Kennedy went on television to speak to the nation and revealed the evidence of Soviet missiles in Cuba. He also announced the establishment of a naval quarantine around the island until the Soviet Union agreed to dismantle the missile sites.
JFK speaks at his desk in the Oval Office about the Cuban Missile Crisis. First page of JFK's reading copy for his speech that reads: This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military build-up on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere.
October 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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As first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy undertook a restoration of the White House, to show the evolving history of the people who had lived and worked there, calling the work “a question of scholarship.”

Read more about the White House Restoration: jfklibrary.org/whrestoration
"Everything in the White House must have a reason for being there. It would be sacrilege merely to redecorate it—a word I hate. It must be restored, and that has nothing to do with decoration. That is a question of scholarship." - First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy on the White House Restoration
October 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Enter the Profile in Courage Essay Contest™ for a chance to win a cash prize:

🏆 1st: $10,000 + trip to Boston
🥈 2nd: $3,000
🥉 3 Finalists: $1,000 each
🎖 15 Honorable Mentions

Learn more: https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/education/profile-in-courage-essay-contest
Text reads: High School Students: 1,000 words could win you $10,000. Enter now.
October 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Today we celebrate the 46th anniversary of the dedication of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum! On October 20, 1979, the JFK Library was dedicated by members of the Kennedy family and President Carter.

Photos of its construction and dedication: www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-...
John F. Kennedy Jr. hands President Carter the key to the JFK Library on stage at the dedication of the JFK Library.
October 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM