The kennedys

One of the key thoughts about history as an educational discipline is the idea that humans, a species that puts so much focus on progress and improvement, could learn from the people and events of the past.

In San Francisco for the past year, so many of the events in the city have all been "maritime" related; it has certainly been an exciting time for San Francisco to host the America's Cup races! Frankly, I know nothing about the sport, but we have sure enjoyed all of the build up to the final races this past week. I think that there are still 3 to go before a winner is announced, but it looks like New Zealand might be in the lead over the U.S. Team... **UPDATE - Team Oracle won, greatest…

Jakie and JFK shortly after they were married with friend Lem Billings - 1953

Jackie Kennedy’s secret service agent reveals the family’s code names

President John F Kennedy asked for a film of the Unicorn being moved at Dundee harbour to be sent to the White House. He would not live to see it.

Proof that the first family was just like us (well almost).

Behind closed doors, First Lady Jackie Kennedy was 'detached' and 'self-indulgent,' it is revealed in The Afterlife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: A Biography by historian Michael J. Hogan.

It was a year ago this week that I sat in Denver’s Pepsi Center at the Democratic National Convention watching …

1953-06-27: Senator John F. Kennedy and fiance Jacqueline Bouvier at the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after announcing their engagement on June 23, 1953.

John F. Kennedy, Jr. (22) at his graduating from Brown University in 1983.

Pregnant Jackie & JFK driving from Teddy Kennedy's House on Squaw Island. August, 1963

Christina Haag, who dated Kennedy for five years in the 1980s, makes the revelations about their Jamaican holiday in extracts of her new memoir.

Recently released photos show the former president and his family's maritime pursuits.

JFK Jr. with Sean Penn at White House Correspondents Dinner. 1999

(via dearcabbage) This photo of JFK with his sister Eunice was taken 1949 in their home at 1400 34th Street NW in Georgetown. Jfk was a Congressman by then and Eunice was working for the Justice...