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JFK Library & Museum

2 March, 2004 at 12:40 AM
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My Aunt and Uncle were in Boston this past weekend, so we decided to check out the "John F. Kennedy Library & Museum":http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/. _Designed by I.M. Pei_ _The Harbor_ Designed by "I.M. Pei":http://www.pcfandp.com/a/p/7617/s.html, the "building":http://www.jfklibrary.org/visit_building-1.html is truly inspiring, despite it's chilly, geometric parts. In my opinion, it is the only Pei building worth it's salt -- certainly the only one out of his many projects in Boston. I've never been nostalgic for JFK -- he only passed something like 25% of the bills he sent to Capitol Hill... which tells me he was more concerned with maintaining _Camelot_, than pushing hard on difficult legislation like _Civil Rights_ and the _War on Poverty_. However, after touring the many exhibits and films, I've come to respect the man -- the manner in which the "Cuban Missile Crisis":http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/ was handled alone merits reconsideration. And, in the wake of our youthful excitement surrounding "Howard Dean":http://www.blogforamerica.com/, and his message, I can only imagine JFK's impact on young people in 1960. As Bill Clinton says in the exhibit, JFK put a lot of difficult issues on the table -- which then needed to be worked out over the course of the sixties.

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PATRICIA TUCCI PATRICIA TUCCI
wrote on Dec 1, 2004 11:45 AM

I AM GOING CRAZY TRYING TO FIND A PICTURE OF JKF STANDING IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH HIS ARMS FOLDED AND HEAD DOWN, THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHRISTMAS PRESENT, DO YOU KNOW WHO THE ARTIST IS OR WHERE I CAN ORDER A COPY OF THIS PICTURE