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November 21, 2014
I hardly knew ye: John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963)
Tomorrow, November 22, marks the 51st anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination in downtown Dallas, Texas. He was 46 years old. If Kennedy had lived, and were alive today, he would be 97--not a completely inconceivable age for him to have attained given the longevity of some on his mother Rose's side. Below is my favorite photograph of him, likely taken in his late 20s.
A stick in me hand and a tear in me eye
A doleful damsel I heard cry,
Johnny I hardly knew ye.--from "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye", a popular Irish anti-war song written in early 1800s.
Posted by JD Hull at 12:00 AM | Comments (0)