A fascinating figure, it is one of the twentieth-century politicians most remembered by Americans, a President who lived a life full of glamor and intrigue, lights and shadows. John Fitzgerald Kennedy , wanted to take the US to the primacy of the world order, maintaining a strong pulse with the Soviet Union in the conquest of space.The results never he could see them, everything was truncated in Dallas in 1963 , when some shots ended the life of the President.A premature death, a fascinating life, a contradictory character, somewhat atypical friendships, all This helped make John F.Kennedy a myth of the twentieth century.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy | A Powerful Family
Patrick Kennedy , was a young Irishman who crossed the Atlantic, like many other Europeans, in search of the opportunities that the United States offered.Patrick established in Boston , getting a family with Bridget Murphy, his longtime girlfriend.The couple had 5 children John, Mary, Johanna, Margaret and Patrick.
Patrick Kennedy
After a terrible epidemic of cholera that hit the city of Boston, the Kennedy family was reduced, Patrick the patriarch and his eldest son John, died. The clan's mother, Bridget, acquired a business of stationery and a haberdashery, where Patrick, the youngest son of the couple and only son went alive, took over the family business that was beginning to prosper, after the stationery came a grocery and liquor store .
Joseph Patrick Kennedy with 20 years
Joseph Patrick I work as a docker in the port of Boston, in order to save money and get his own business, getting it in 1880, With the purchase of a saloon, he was gradually buying new businesses and thus introducing himself to high society in the United States, with only 30 years he was already the owner of a Whiskey import business .from coal and banking, they made Patrick an influential person both economically and politically.
Rose and Joe's wedding
Joseph Patrick Kennedy, more familiarly known as Joe, married Rose, daughter of who had been mayor of B Boston, a rich stock market speculator who had amassed a fortune with the housing administration.Rose was a young entrepreneur and assiduous of high society acts.
Joe was a very clever person for business, I knew where to invest your money and I dedicate part of this to to finance the presidential campaign of Roosvelt , in exchange he got a special permit to sell liquors «for therapeutic purposes », During the Dry Law.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy | Children and Youth
In this environment John Fitzgerald was born in Brookline on May 29, 1917, John was the second son of 9, J oseph P.Kennedy, Jr., John F.Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen Cavendish, Marquise de Hartington, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Robert F.Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith, Edward Kennedy. Educated very strictly, promoting competitiveness and discipline.
Joe, the elder brother was the opposite of poor John, while Joe was a strong boy , with a gift of people and ease of word, John was a sickly boy, weak, shy, who spent long periods hospitalized.John was not interested in politics, it was Joe who was destined to start his career towards the White House.
I don't stand out too much during his studies, on the contrary Joe.He only got good grades in the last year of his career in economics and political science.
Joseph P.Kennedy Jr
In 1932, the patriarch of the family decided to try their luck in politics, getting to be president of the federal commission of the merchant navy, shortly after he was appointed ambassador to Great Britain .From here, Joseph Patrick Kennedy, began traveling through Europe with his two oldest children , and sometimes even represented his father on the trips they made.
On a trip on behalf of his father, which John made to the Soviet Union, it was when really aroused his interest in politics, a fact that coincides with his improvements in qualifications, ending his career at the university.
He became interested in the problems Europe was experiencing , problems that later would lead to the Second World War.
In 1939, everything changes for the Kennedy family, the position of the American ambassador in Britain did not like anything to a Great Britain that was not able to react to what was beginning to happen in Europe, in addition to the lack of collaboration, forced Joseph Patrick Kennedy to leave the embassy.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy | The Second World War
With the outbreak of the World War II, Joe, the elder brother Joe, got ready where the heroes enlisted, in aviation, while John I try in the Navy, reaching the commander of a torpedo boat in the Pacific.
Joseph Patrick
Fight against the Japanese, until in 1943, a Japanese destroyer hit the patrol, splitting it in half and causing the death of several crew members.John, who was one of the survivors, managed to bring a wounded soldier to the coast which made him a war hero.
Recognition as a War Hero
John who I was already carrying a major injury in his back since childhood, he saw how this old injury had worsened, he could do little with this battered health, his political career had no future.
North Pass of Calais, where Joe was shot down
In 1944, a new tragedy shakes the family, Joe the elder brother, dies in an accident in combat, while trying to destroy some German bases where the fearsome V-1 and V-2 were built.The family post for the political career had remained vacant, Joe the favorite and the great gifted for politics had passed away and John was the call to conquer the Presidency of the United States.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy | The Political Race
John had to overcome his shyness and learn to smile at journalists and curious, shake hands and sporadically grant witty phrases that would have to speak to the press.Soon the Democratic Party saw a leader in his sad eyes and his appearance, being so young and with a wake of a World War II hero.
In 1946 , John F.Kennedy managed to become deputy for the Boston Democratic Party , something he would not have achieved without family advice and financial support.John managed to keep his seat in the next two elections.
John F.quickly took an important place on the scene policy, even though its legislative action was nothing important.I present different social court projects that were rejected, I support international aid for the countries that were occupied during the war, loans to Britain, Greece, The Marshall Plan, etc.
Joe's Funeral
I criticize North American politics regarding China, as well as it showed its anti-communist side , a speech that others would later use as Joseph McCarthy.
In 1952, he presented himself to the senator for the state of Massachusetts, always supported by his family, the goal was to dispute the post to Cabo Lodge, who held the position since 1935.The battle was more teleproduced that policy, Kennedy invaded all the homes of the state. "The coffee in the Kennedy's house", was a television program that served to see how the Kennedy family lived, the family unit of the clan, Elegance, knowing how to be, the Kennedys were already in every home , with impressive popularity and a lifestyle that was the American dream.Acts of benevolence, family unity, home peace, everything sold and everything added to the brilliant career of young John.
Kennedys parties, a way to strengthen political ties
Banquets where the great figures of the economy, business, society, met to discuss the country's problems and their possible solutions.It was at one of those parties where John met a beautiful journalist named Jacqueline Lee Bouvier .A woman who perfectly combined beauty and intelligence, educated, dominated several languages, the French scent of elegance that distilled and also of course, the endowment of a famous New York financial father, made John fall in love madly.
On September 12, 1953, the couple married, from this moment Jackie would become her husband's best ally and a key piece for the future president, but a new setback in 1954, forced him to move away from political life again, his back ailment worsened, being forced to use crutches, something he tried to hide so as not to give advantages to his political adversaries.
In 1955, he underwent a new operation, after which returned to the political race, willing more than ever to present his candidacy for the vice presidency of the Democratic Party, after a hard campaign, John was defeated.
After the victory of Eisenhower , the Democratic Party, saw that it was time to launch Kennedy as a candidate suitable, but not for the Senate, if not for the presidency of the nation. In 1960, the whole family p use in progress, intensifying his activity, in order to encumbrate John to the best positions, but Kennedy had been able to rub shoulders with very influential people and surround himself with the most effective counselors and collaborators he had been able to recover from his university time./p>
His election campaign was based on the fundamental idea of a new era for America , the America of the New Frontier, where the feeling of the first settlers had to emerge, a feeling of homeland, of opportunities, hopes of renewal for a country somewhat aged by the old policies of Roosvelt.
It was a young man who breathed into society a new, innovative and innovative air.magen, along with that of a very young Jackie, toured the whole world. A family image .Marriage, little Caroline and a slogan that read "Kennedy is in change" , all this moved to a society wanting to change, giving it a great advantage in the primary elections, getting on November 8 the victory over the candidate Nixon. John F.Kennedy got the presidency.
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