The bride, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, is escorted by her groom, U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy and Charles Bartlett down the hill at Hammersmith Farm at their wedding reception. Others looking on are Edward Kennedy and Torbert MacDonald.
The Rev. Martin Casey administers the sacrament of Baptism to John F Kennedy Jr. From left are Charles Bartlett, Mrs. Charles Bartlett, President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy.FAST FACT John F. Kennedy beat Richard Nixon by a razor-thin margin in the 1960 presidential election. Kennedy lost Tennessee to Nixon but won Georgia. Alabama went to segregationist Harry F. Byrd of Virginia.
He was happy on the night before he died.
He was peeved over reports that Israel was developing nuclear weapons, his re-election campaign was just gearing up and a decision on America’s future involvement in Vietnam hung in the balance. But the president was downright giddy about his trip to Texas, said Charley Bartlett.
And Bartlett knew this because President John F. Kennedy told him at 9:30 p.m. Nov. 21, 1963, just hours before the 35th president was gunned down in Dallas. He told Bartlett a lot of things over their years of friendship, details that have found their way into history books, documentaries and the National Archives.