John Fitzgeral Kennedy of Massachusetts – 35th President of the United States – January 20, 1961 – delivering his Inaugural Address at the US Capitol. Caroline Kennedy and one hundred members of the Kennedy family have gathered in Washington, D.C. today to celebrate and remember the 50th anniversary of her…
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Tony Sampas shares some roof-level photos of the Smith Baker Center
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I’m an occasional watcher of the food-focused networks – especially the Cake Boss, Cupcake Wars with an episode or two of Iron Chef or Worst Chefs thrown-in for good measure. Really though – I’m no foodie – yet I do enjoy local restaurant fare from LaBoniche, Cobblestones and Cavaleiro’s to the comfort…
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R. Sargent Shriver – Peace Corps Director, “architect” of the Johnson administration’s War on Poverty dies at 95. Bono, the Irish lead singer of the band U2 and a co-founder of the advocacy group ONE and (Product)RED, is a a regular contributing columnist for The New York Times. Today in his…
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Brian Williams in 2006 reported on the back story of Robert Frost’s poem written for President Kennedy. See the clip of Frost reading and find out what happened. This is our Robert Frost of the Merrimack Valley, who grew up in Lawrence and graduated from Lawrence High School. Here’s the…
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On this day January 20, 1961 – John Fitzgerald Kennedy of Massachusetts was sworn-in as the 35th President of the United States. On January 20, 1961, on the newly renovated east front of the United States Capitol, John Fitzgerald Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th president of the…
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