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Today is #GivingTuesday! Every gift to the Foundation through midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 3rd, will be matched up to $10,000. In honor of JFK’s Moonshot spirit, ALL Giving Tuesday donors will receive a special Choose the Moon Inspiration Bracelet. 🌖 Give:

The Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers shared stories of their history and modern culture at the Library as part of a celebration of Native American Heritage Month. Visitors of all ages joined in the program. View upcoming #Celebrate programs:

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy was presented with a turkey by the National Turkey Federation and the Poultry and Egg National Board. The bird was spared by the president when he said, "We’ll just let this one grow."

This Thanksgiving week, you can get 10% off all items in our JFK Museum Store: from apparel to coffee mugs, from the Berlin Collection to fall favorites— there's something for everyone! Start shopping:

Each year, the JFK Library Foundation honors an elected leader who embodies one of JFK’s favorite virtues: political courage. Know someone who fits the bill? Submit a nominee to put them in the running for this year’s Profile in Courage Award:

President Kennedy’s state funeral was held 61 years ago today on November 25, 1963. Historian Fredrik Logevall describes one of the personal touches Mrs. Kennedy arranged for the ceremony from our special podcast, Let Us Begin.

"Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life." -President John F. Kennedy, "A Nation of Immigrants" This week, the JFK Library proudly welcomed nearly 200 new citizens from 47 countries to take their oath of citizenship with their families.

These are the last lines of the last speech ever typed for President Kennedy, intended for remarks on November 22, 1963 at the Democratic State Committee in Austin, Texas. The full speech:

RT @singernews: Robert Caro says his first editor taught him to "turn evey page"... we were turning pages at @gbhnews and this incredible document fell out. A real-time account of how the JFK assassination upended life in Boston

On November 22, 1963, President and Mrs. Kennedy continued their visit to Texas, and traveled to Dallas. As they rode through the city, shots were fired. The motorcade rushed to the nearest hospital, but the wound was mortal.

Hours after Kennedy’s assassination, NBC newscaster Chet Huntley spoke about the “ominous and sickening popularity of hatred” in the United States. A viewer wrote to him thanking him for his words, hoping that people would learn of the futility of hatred.

The people who lived through that time remember the moment - where they were, what they were doing - when the news came. The nation and world stopped and came together to mourn the president.

Students: Got some extra free time this Thanksgiving break? We hope so – because the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Profile in Courage Essay Contest is open! Submit your essay by January 17 for the chance to win up to $10,000!

Nominations for the 2025 Profile in Courage Award are now OPEN! You can submit your nominee in three easy steps. 1️⃣ Follow the link below 2️⃣ Fill out the form and tell us who you would like to see win! 3️⃣ Click submit. It’s that simple.

62 years ago on November 17, 1962, JFK and President Eisenhower dedicated Dulles Airport, the first airport in the world designed for jet aircraft. Its now-iconic main terminal was designed by architect Eero Saarinen.

🇺🇸 NOW is the time to submit your nomination for the 2025 Profile in Courage Award! Have someone in mind? Let us know!

President Kennedy gave his 64th - and what would be his last - news conference #otd on November 14, 1963. He discussed: The arrest of an American professor in the Soviet Union The coup in Vietnam Foreign aid Honduras and the Dominican Republic See more:

In last night's #JFKForum, @HC_Richardson said the GOP has used the idea of "good Americans" versus "those people" to divide the American electorate for 40+ years. "[The idea] they had to turn Americans against each other was a part of the American playbook and still is."

Watch the entire forum at: