A Day with our 35th President

Our destination today was the JFK Presidential Library and Museum.

  Our plan...

Catch the Green Line T at Riverside travel to Park Street, pick up the Red Line T, and then take the free shuttle to the museum...but, somewhere between the campground and T, we decided to be brave and drive!

So, we passed up the

subway, reprogrammed the GPS on my Droid, and

along with everyone else, we headed into the city.

We passed

under where we had walked just yesterday and

with the help of the GPS, we soon found ourselves on

on our way through Boston.

We arrived at

Dorchester Bay, home of the University of Massachusetts and the

JFK Library.

We started our self guided tour with a short movie that took us from his boyhood to his acceptance speech at the

Democratic Convention.  The exhibits that followed took us right to the

1960 election results of our 35th president.

It was reported that he didn't even know he had been elected until he woke on the morning after the election.

We were reminded of those famous words from his

inaugural address.

We saw the bill that was passed to establish

the Peace Crops and our first efforts towards

travel in space and our quest to reach the moon.

Then there was his

his beautiful Jackie,

his brother, Robert, who he was very close to, and

his love for the water including the time he spent in the

 

South Pacific in WWII on the PT109.

After a walk through the

oval office, we then

took a moment to remember

this date in history.

As I posted this blurry photo, I don't know about you, but there is no blur in my memory about that day.  And, I remember staying glued to the TV for the days that followed.

We concluded our tour in this

beautiful room.

Before leaving, we took a walk outside to view

Boston across the bay.

Back on the road, we programmed in our next stop...

the JFK birthplace in Brookline.  The Kennedy family lived here from 1914 to 1920.  With a growing family, they moved to

this house, just a few blocks away.  They lived here until 1927.

Two great tours today to remember

our 35th president.