FOR ENRICHMENT SEE INTERNET SITES FOR REVIEW Bibliography: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kennedys/sfeature/index.html http://www.historyplace.com/kennedy/gallery.htm P. 843 DECEMBER 1960 MUSICAL JFK FAVE: “DON’T LET IT BE FORGOT, THAT ONCE THERE WAS A SPOT, FOR ONE BRIEF SHINING MOMENT THAT WAS KNOWN AS CAMELOT”

The Boston Irish  John Joe, Jr. Rosemary Rose Robert Pat Joe, Sr. Eunice Kathleen Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy with their nine children in Bronxville, N.Y., 1938. From left are, seated: Eunice, Jean, Edward (on lap of his father), Patricia, and Kathleen. Standing: Rosemary, Robert, John, Mrs. Kennedy, and Joseph, Jr. Mother Rose: daughter of the mayor of Boston+Papa Joe: Jean  Teddy

The Kennedy Parents Her dad was mayor of Boston He pulled money out before 10/29/ bootlegger: organized crime ties? Made movies and mistresses/Boasted he would have a sons that were a Senator, AG and Pres at the same time She was not a hands on mom/never ruffled hair or changed a diaper…nannies were for that

The Controversial Ambassador to England Kennedy was born in 1888 to Irish immigrants in Boston Massachusetts. His father was active in politics. Harvard University. In 1914, Joseph married Rose Fitzgerald, the child of another powerful Boston family. investor in Wall Street and a motion picture executive in companies such as Paramount and RCA.In the early 1930s, he became more involved in politics. He raised money and campaigned for New York governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1932 Presidential election. In 1934, Kennedy was put in charge of the Securities and Exchange Commission,.He supported FDRﾕs re-election bid in 1936, writing Iﾕm for Roosevelt, a pamphlet that was directed against the wealthier critics of both him and the President. Kennedy defended against charges that he and Roosevelt had betrayed their class through their policies and choice of party affiliation. Kennedy was awarded for his work by being posted as Ambassador to England in 1938. These years represent the most controversial of Kennedyﾕs life. When he arrived in England, he became a close ally of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. He supported Chamberlainﾕs policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. He was convinced that American participation in a European war would be contrary to national interests. He further believed that Germany could be contained and negotiated into a less assertive foreign policy.These views clashed significantly with Rooseveltﾕs beliefs. A year after Great Britain and Germany went to war, Kennedy was removed as Ambassador, effectively terminating any future political ambitions. The Second World War would be hard on Kennedy and his family. In 1944, his eldest son Joseph Jr. was killed flying over England. At the same time, his second oldest, John, was recuperating from the famous encounter between his PT boat and a Japanese destroyer in the Pacific.Once the war was over, Kennedy marshaled all of his political and business connections on behalf of his son Jack. Joseph was instrumental in Johnﾕs victories in the House elections of 1948 and 1950, as well as the 1952 Senate election when he went up against Republican senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Josephﾕs crowning achievement was Johnﾕs election to the Presidency in 1960. The nine years after that, however, were filled with almost as much tragedy as the Second World War era. John was assassinated in 1963, Robert (his third oldest) was assassinated in 1968, and the political ambitions of his fourth son, Edward, were curtailed after the fatality of his passenger in a car accident. Before his death, he suffered a crippling stroke. He died in 1969. America First Committee However Joe and John served once War declared

The Kennedy Parents Dec 1961: suffered stroke: only speak two words: son achieved Presidency but could not participate in it Rose lived to 104: endured the tragedies of her children

The Tragic Siblings… Rosemary

The Tragic Siblings… Joe, Jr.

The Tragic Siblings… Joe, Jr.

The Tragic Siblings… Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy “the most exciting deb of 1938” /called princess “Lizzie” to her face/ scandalous marriage/ hub prospect for future queen/ within 4 months hub killed by german sniper and brother joe killed/ a few years later took a married lover/killed in plane crash en route to meet with her father to gain approval of his divorcing wife and marrying her/father was only one to attend her funeral

The Tragic Siblings… Robert “Bobby” Kennedy The Family Man Had 11 children: Rory was born three months after his assassination

The Tragic Siblings… Robert “Bobby” Kennedy The NY Senator

The Tragic Siblings… Robert “Bobby” Kennedy The Attorney General

The Tragic Siblings… Robert “Bobby” Kennedy The 1968 Presidential Candidate “The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country." Address, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 24, 1967.

The Controversial Sibling Senator Edward “Teddy” Kennedy Kicked out of Harvard for paying someone to take his Spanish Final Denied Army Commission for cheating Chappaquick

The Successful Sibling Sister Eunice: Special Olympics in honor of Rosemary Husband Shriver operated Peace Corps for JFK

The Sad Sibling Sister Patricia Lawford: Married “rat pack” actor Peter Lawford “Ocean’s 11” Friend of Sinatra and Monroe She could not deal with his “Hollywood lifestyle” Both had problems with alcohol

Successful and Sad Sister Jean Kennedy Smith Wm Kennedy Smith: accused of Rape after partying with uncle in FL: med student Appt Ambassador to Ireland by Pres. Clinton

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy War Hero

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Politician

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Family Man

Jack and Jackie

Marilyn Monroe

The Assassination

The Assassin