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Caroline and John with Grandma Janet Auchincloss.

White House, 1961

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Joan Bennett Kennedy's formal bridal portrait for her wedding to Ted Kennedy, 1958

(colorized by me!)

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Jackie Kennedy having breakfast with her daughter Caroline, 1960.

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an essay titled “justice” written by jack kennedy (at age 16) speaks of the importance of family and upbringing which dictates a person’s success and triumph in life. his eloquent understanding and compassion for those less fortunate is evident:

“We read in the newspaper, periodicals and in most of the other products of the printing press, we hear from the pulpits, soap-boxes, and the other numerous locations that orators choose; about the word justice. Justice is pictured as a lady holding scales in her hand on which is weighed right and wrong. Always is the word linked with God until it has come to have an almost synonymous meaning. But should this be so? To quote Webster, Justice means ‘The rendering to everyone his just due.’ But does God render to everyone his just due?

A boy is born in a rich family, brought up in a clean environment with an excellent education and good companions, inherits a fool-proof business from his father, is married and then eventually dies a just and honest man. Take the other extreme. A boy is born in the slums, of a poor family, has evil companions, no education; becomes a loafer, as that is all there is to do, turns into a drunken bum, and dies, worthless. Was it because of the rich boys ability that he landed in the lap of luxury, or was it that poor boys fault that he was born in squalor? The answer will often come back ‘the poor boy will get his reward in the life hereafter if he is good.’ While that is a dubious prospect to many of us, yet there’s something in it. But how much better chance has [the] boy born with a silver spoon in his mouth of being good than the boy who from birth is surrounded by rottenness and filth. This even to the most religious of us can hardly seem a ‘square deal.’ Thus we see that justice is not always received from ‘The Most Just’ so how can we poor mortals ever hope to attain it.”

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Jack and Caroline

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my plug

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hiii i just wanna say you're my favorite kennedy blog on tumblr! the BEST. i really wanna make a kennedy-adjacent blog because of you lol.

omg hi! this is so sweet??? 🥹

thank you so much, i really don’t know what to say. you made my day <3

please do!! i love seeing more people join kennedy tumblr! the community is quite welcoming and it’s always nice to have more active blogs.

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bobby's stance makes me want to keep various condiments and a small club sandwich in my purse for him...

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Bobby Kennedy on a plane, March 1968.

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Coffee with the Attorney General

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Jack, Jackie, and Caroline

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caroline kennedy the woman that you are…

i’m so glad that she spoke out against that man after he spent years bastardizing her father’s (and her uncle’s) legacy for political clout.

rfk jr. you will never be bobby or jack kennedy!

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Jean, Jackie, and Eunice on the Kennedy Compound in 1953

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Today is Maxwell Taylor Kennedy’s Birthday!

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Pictured here with his father and mother in Hyannis Port, 1967.

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caroline kennedy walking alongside the beach and spending time with her godfather, bobby kennedy. cape cod, 1964.

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Jackie dances with her new father-in-law Joe on her wedding day - September 12, 1953

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Jack and Jackie during their honeymoon in Acapulco, Mexico, September 1953.

JFK's letter to his parents, shortly after his wedding to Jackie:

"At last I know true meaning of rapture, Jackie is enshrined forever in my heart - thanks Mom and Dad for making me worthy of her."