Author of 6 books: "Survivor's Guilt: The Secret Service and the Failure to Protect President Kennedy", "JFK: From Parkland to Bethesda", "The Not-So-Secret Service: Agency Tales From FDR To The Kennedy Assassination To The Reagan Era", "Who's Who In The Secret Service: History's Most Renowned Agents", "HONEST ANSWERS ABOUT THE MURDER OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY: A NEW LOOK AT THE JFK ASSASSINATION" and "THE PLOT TO KILL PRESIDENT KENNEDY IN CHICAGO."
Saturday, September 1, 2018
WHY INTEREST IN JFK (and the Kennedys) WILL NEVER FADE
WHY INTEREST IN JFK (and the Kennedys) WILL NEVER FADE: I think what "saves" JFK from perhaps an inevitable fate of fading away is the following: he was our most handsome president (hey- image matters, for better or for worse); there are countless color (and black and white) images and films/videos [You Tube] of him; you still have the Caroline connection and all the relatives still living; his popularity is thru the roof- Democrats AND Republicans love him; he is above average or better with historians; books on his life and death (especially his life) still sell very well; he was "only" 10 presidents ago; he was our last assassinated president- thankfully, no one since; there is mystery assigned to his death, so he is fascinating for BOTH his life and his untimely passing; and, last but not least, when I was in Dealey Plaza in 2016 and Arlington National Cemetery in 2011, it was crawling over two days with kids with no memory of CLINTON who were very interested! Lincoln is still popular with no motion pictures and a very limited amount of photos. President Kennedy will never meet the fate of Garfield, McKinley or other presidents- I predict he will forever be popular and an object of interest. P.S. My parents made an interesting comment, too- his hairstyle and suits are timeless; that helps.
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