All posts tagged "jackie kennedy"
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6.1KArts and LeisureNorman Mailer Pans the Jackie Kennedy White House Tour
Three out of every four Americans watched the Jackie Kennedy White House tour on television on Feb. 14, 1962. During the broadcast,...
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17.0K2ConnecticutThe West Indies Send Sugar, Slaves and Red Sox Stars to New England
For four centuries, the West Indies have made an outsized impact on New England. In 2018, West Indian stars and a West...
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39.7K14MassachusettsJFK Redesigns Air Force One
Air Force One looks the way it does because President John F. Kennedy sat on the floor of the Oval Office with...
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112.4K24MassachusettsWas Jackie Kennedy the 1st Black First Lady?
When First Lady Jackie Kennedy visited England in 1961, society photographer Cecil Beaton met her at a dinner party. In his journal...
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5.4KbostonEat Like A President, Part II
In honor of President’s Day, the New England Historical Society brings you another guide to how to eat like a president. We...
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14.7K4MassachusettsThe Kennedy Family Christmas in the White House
In 1962, the Kennedy family Christmas in the White House was the best ever. It was also the last. 1st White House...
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8.4K3Arts and LeisureDorothy West Gets Rediscovered by Jacqueline Onassis
Dorothy West at 88 lived quietly in the Martha’s Vineyard village of Oak Bluffs when Jacqueline Onassis encouraged her to finish her...
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72.0K10MassachusettsThe Night Ethel Kennedy Met Jackie Bouvier
Ethel Kennedy loved to be the center of attention, but she couldn’t compete with her sister-in-law, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Ethel was outdoorsy...
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23.2K28ConnecticutMiss Porter’s School Finishes Socialites, Scholars and a First Lady
The educational reformer founded Miss Porter’s School in 1843 could not have imagined the fame, fortune, scandal and accomplishment her students would...
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13.7K7Flashback PhotosJack and Jackie Kennedy Get Married in Newport, RI
It had all the appearance of a happy family event, but the wedding of Jack and Jackie Kennedy was fraught with tension....
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