Apparently President Kennedy had a problem with hipsters.
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After more than 40 years, a previously unreleased film from the day of President Kennedy's arrival in Dallas before his assassination is now on displat at the JFK museum at Dealey Plaza. [WHDH]
After more than 50 years, Kennedy's Swedish lover is auctioning off his love letters. (They were involved three months before he married Jaqueline Bouvier.) [Boston Channel]
The handcuffs that made Henry Louis Gates a national celebrity will never arrest another Harvard professor since they've been donated to the Smithsonian. [Boston Globe]
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Americans everywhere are honoring servicemen and women on Memorial Day, including President Obama. The Navy will name a second aircraft carrier after President John F. Kennedy. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Fifty years to the day after President John F. Kennedy was inaugurated, his nephew, Ted Kennedy Jr., is rumored to be a candidate for Senate from Connecticut. Senator Joe Lieberman, 68, isn't running for a fifth term in 2012. Kennedy, 49, is an attorney and lives in Connecticut. Other canidates are planning to run already. Kennedy may have run regardless of what Lieberman decided.
Two fires destroyed homes in Hyde Park and Weymouth. A cat was rescued from glue. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino declared Monday as "John Fitzgerald Kennedy Victory Day" to honor the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's election as president.
Bite Size News, September 22: Bike Stand Edition
More bike lanes are coming to JP. [Boston.com - Jamaica Plain] Harvard says it's good to stand up at work. [WBUR]
-- Melrose and Woburn teens decided to take their Facebook feud to the next level, and someone got run over. [Wicked Local]
The classy cats at TMZ have a photograph of JFK on a naked boat and are calling it "a photo that could have altered world events." The image shows two naked ladies jumping off of a boat where two additional naked ladies are sunning themselves on the top deck. A man supposedly resembling JFK (but looking sort of Ronald McDonald to us) tans himself in a central location between the nude flesh. TMZ says the photo is from the mid-1950s, possibly taken on a Mediterranean trip JFK and Teddy took in August 1956, and photo expert Jeff Sedlik indicates it appears period-authentic and not altered. The photo eventually found its way to a car dealer on the East coast, whose son later inherited the prize. TMZ suggests that "had the photo surfaced when John F. Kennedy ran for President in 1960, it could have torpedoed his run, and changed world history."
The Boston International Film Festival has a ton of offerings in its 6 sessions today and you should definitely look them all over. One of them, in Session 37, caught our eye as it is edited by two-time Academy Award® winner Pietro Scalia (“JFK,” “Black Hawk Down”): 40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy, which screens at 6pm.
- Get yourself a three-bedroom at Longwood Towers for just $860,000. [Globe]
- News flash: budget people are nerds. Nooo. And this makes them incompetent. Um. Huh? And being macho makes you more competent. Okay, now you're just getting nutty. [Herald]
- Stocks are up, no thanks to nerds, apparently. [Globe]
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Here are some MLK day events that you might enjoy.
Last night, Ted Sorenson -- JFK's "intellectual blood bank" -- spoke with former Clinton speechwriter Ted Widmer at the JFK Library about Kennedy's Inaugural.
There's a new video of JFK, and it's a doozy: a twenty-minute, post-dinner conversation primarily between JFK and Ben Bradlee. The date: January 5, 1960, three days after JFK announced his candidacy for President. The place: N Street in Georgetown.
--Hug a social worker today. If you've ever wondered why the Department of Social Services couldn't stop an act of violence from happening, read this eye-opening article on just how hard it is to be a social worker. According to the piece, "between one-third and three-quarters of all social workers nationwide have been threatened, physically assaulted, or had their property damaged." [Boston Globe]
Presidential candidate Barack Obama used lines that Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick used during his campaign for governor while Obama campaigned in Wisconsin over the weekend. Here's what Obama told Clinton:
The rumors that JFK fathered a love child who is now living in Canada have not gone away. In fact, they seem to be gaining strength, at least up north.
On top of the loss of his chosen presidential candidate, Barack Obama, in the Massachusetts primaries (debate on the "Kennedy Lift" here), Senator Ted Kennedy now has to deal with more rumors about the Kennedy Clan.
Johnny Pesky will be at the Barnes & Noble in Peabody tonight from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm signing books.
--A few days old, but still exciting--the MBTA says it will improve the lighting at the JFK/UMass stop. [Boston Globe]
Bostonist was at a bar last night. Hey, it happens. Everything was good and fun, until the TV (sans sound) flashed a news report: "Brady Seen In Cast". We weren't around for the JFK assassination, but now we have a pretty good idea what the terrified hush that fell over the nation felt like. A couple panicked phone calls later, we weren't any closer to an explanation.
For the past few months, Bostonist has engaged in a scientific experiment. We've been sniffing around T stops to find out which ones are the most pleasant and which ones are an offense to the olfactory nerves. Each day this week, we'll evaluate the odors you will find at various T stops.
For the past few months, Bostonist has engaged in a scientific experiment. We've been sniffing around T stops to find out which ones are the most pleasant and which ones are an offense to the olfactory nerves. Each day this week, we'll evaluate the odors you will find at various T stops. The Red Line offers so much variety that you just might get dizzy--or drunk: Central Square: 40s, vodka, burnt rubber, more 40s,...
--Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of Ted Kennedy and JFK, mother to Maria Shriver, and mother-in-law to Arnold Schwarzenegger, has been hospitalized at Mass General, although no one is saying why. She is 86. [Boston Globe] --Today marks the last day of Bob's Southern Bistro and the opening of some generic swanky watering hole. [WBZ] --With the departure of the infamous Mark Flomenbaum, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is disinfecting its hazardous practices by...
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney may be trying to tell potential voters to set his Mormon faith aside, but one large chunk of the voting bloc is speaking out about Romney's beliefs. The Osmonds, that legendary Mormon entertainment dynasty, have so many members it's difficult to count them all, but they're welcoming Romney into the fold. In one of the least shocking semi-endorsements of all time, Donny and Marie Osmond delivered a positive evaluation of...
Meal and Chat With Rudolph Chelminski Sunday, November 4, 5:00 pm Chez Henri 1 Shepard St, Cambridge Make reservations at 617.354.8980 More info Goodies With the Phantom Gourmet Tuesday, November 6, 7:00 pm Z Square 14 JFK, Cambridge More info Who knew that a bookstore would know how to feed the people so well? But Porter Square Books will be serving up two culinary treats. First off, brace yourself for some Beaujolais. Author Rudolph Chelminski...
--An alleged drunk driver decided to turn the JFK library parking lot into her own personal fun zone on Wednesday. Christine Selby of Wareham got cuffed and sent out for a psychological evaluation. --The body of an unidentified man in his 60s was found in a Roxbury apartment yesterday. The BPD says the man may have been stabbed. The body was discovered when neighbors complained about a smell. --A man was found wounded on Thane...