Everything about John F Kennedy Presidential Library totally explained
The
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the
presidential library and
museum of the 35th
President of the United States,
John F. Kennedy. It is located on
Dorchester's Columbia Point in
Boston, Massachusetts,
USA, next to the Boston campus of the
University of Massachusetts. It was designed by the architect
I. M. Pei. The building is the official repository for original papers and correspondence of the Kennedy Administration, as well as special bodies of published and unpublished materials, such as books and papers by and about
Ernest Hemingway. The library and museum were dedicated in 1979 by President
Jimmy Carter and members of the
Kennedy family.
Features
The library's first floor features a museum containing video monitors, family photographs, political memorabilia, and partial replicas of the Kennedy
Oval Office and his brother
Robert F. Kennedy's office at the
Department of Justice Building, which has been named for him. Two cinemas show an orientation film, and a third shows a documentary on the
Cuban Missile Crisis. Other galleries display changing temporary exhibits. Outside the library during the spring, summer and fall is Kennedy's
sailboat,
Victura.
2008 Democratic Presidential candidates debate
On
June 11 2007, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced that
Caroline Kennedy invited the leading Democratic Presidential candidates to participate in a nationally televised presidential debate at the Library on Monday,
December 17 2007.
Artifacts
The library keeps the original coconut on which the rescue message was inscribed by Kennedy to rescue the crew of the
PT-109 and delivered by natives of
Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana of the
Solomon Islands.
Location and transportation
Shortly before his death, Kennedy chose a site for his presidential library near
Harvard University in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. This plan was abandoned in 1975 due to prolonged delays and community opposition. A new site was chosen next to the Boston campus of the
University of Massachusetts, overlooking Dorchester Bay, with a view of Boston Harbor and the city skyline. It can be reached from nearby
Interstate 93 or via
shuttle bus from the
JFK/UMass stop on the
Boston subway's Red line.
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