Tag: John F. Kennedy

Cranberry sauce is a classic Thanksgiving side dish, but not in 1959, thanks to what History.com has called the Great Cranberry Scare.

Everything is a surprise these days, but certainly I did not expect to wake up and hear that Bob Dylan had released a 17 minute track about the death of John F. Kennedy

Happy Friday! What a week.

Around the same time John Fitzgerald Kennedy was rising through the ranks of the US Congress, a guy called John Francis Kennedy decided to put his name on the ballot to run for Massachusetts state treasurer. In a few years, there would be other John Kennedys trying to win public office in the state.

It's kind of funny to think about a "temporary eternal flame." Perhaps it's the presidential gravesite version of "The Neverending Story."

Now that we're in political convention season (weather permitting, anyway), I've been looking into how the political parties have paid tribute to departed presidents....

You will have no trouble finding President Kennedy's grave from the main gate at Arlington; there are signs everywhere, or if you can't find signs, just follow the crowd.