John F. Kennedy Library
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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and museum of the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy. It is located on Dorchester's Columbia Point in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and was designed by the architect I.M. Pei. The building is the official repository for original papers and correspondence of the Kennedy Administration, as well as special bodies of published and unpublished materials, such as books and papers by and about Ernest Hemingway. The library and museum were dedicated in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter and members of the Kennedy family. The global coordinates of the JFK Library are .
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[edit] Features
The library's first floor features a museum containing video monitors, family photographs, political memorabilia, and many replicas — most notably, the Kennedy Oval Office and a replica of his brother Robert F. Kennedy's office at the Department of Justice Building, which has been named for him. Two cinemas show an orientation film, and a third shows a documentary on the Cuban Missile Crisis. Other galleries display changing temporary exhibits. Outside the library during the spring, summer and fall is Kennedy's sailboat, Victura.
[edit] Artifacts
The library keeps the original coconut on which the rescue message was inscribed by Kennedy to rescue the crew of the PT-109 and delivered by natives Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana of the Solomon Islands.
[edit] Location and transportation
The library is located next to the Boston campus of the University of Massachusetts, overlooking Dorchester Bay, with a view of Boston Harbor and the city skyline. It can be reached from nearby Interstate 93 or via shuttle bus from the JFK/UMass stop on the Boston subway's Red line.
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| U.S. Presidential Libraries |
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| Lincoln • Hayes • Wilson • Coolidge • Hoover • Franklin Roosevelt • Truman • Eisenhower • Kennedy • Johnson • Nixon • Ford Museum • Ford Library • Carter • Reagan • George H.W. Bush • Clinton • George W. Bush |
| Parts of the story of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 |
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Air and water craft: PT-109 • PT-109 Loss Report • PT-59 • PT boat • Elco • Japanese destroyer Amagiri • Fubuki class destroyer • Tokyo Express • Nakajima A6M2-N People: John F. Kennedy • Arthur Reginald Evans • Coastwatchers • Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana • Andrew Jackson Kirksey and Harold W. Marney • Max Kennedy |
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