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22 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Live from Oval Office, Cuban Missile Crisis revealed tonight 1962:
JFK’s Cuban Missile Crisis speech is viewed in Third Avenue bar, New York, with unintendedly ominous message above door, tonight 1962: #Getty
In private, JFK draws Soviet missile sites on map of Cuba during Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962:
US Army anti-aircraft rockets on Key West beach during Cuban Missile Crisis, this week 1962:
“Blockade On At 10 A.M.”—New York Daily News, tomorrow 1962:

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JFK and newly-elected Senator Ted Kennedy at Boston Democratic fundraiser to support President’s 1964 re-election, tonight 1963:
“All New England Salute Dinner” for JFK, Boston, tonight 1963, menu and program:
JFK in crowd at Harvard-Columbia game, Boston, today 1963: #JFKL
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12 Oct
LBJ displays his gall bladder scar to reporters after surgery that occurred this week 1965: #AP Image
LBJ’s gall-bladder scar depicted as Vietnam in this cartoon by David Levine: Image
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Mount Vernon last evening:
Dilapidated Mount Vernon, mid-nineteenth century, before rescue by Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association:
George Washington’s study includes fan chair similar to the one in which first President sat during summer heat: @MountVernon
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5 Oct
Someone has just been kicked off the Forbes list of richest Americans, so his aides had better get the show tunes ready.
Max! Max! Call the editors at Forbes immediately and demand that they put me back on their 400 richest list!
Trashing his own furniture. Angry upstairs at the fancy resort club after finding out that Forbes has expelled him from its 400 richest list.
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28 Sep
“There have always been those on the fringes of our society who have sought to escape their own responsibility by finding a simple solution, an appealing slogan or a convenient scapegoat.”—JFK, November 1961 (1)
“….At times these fanatics have achieved a temporary success among those who lack the will or the wisdom to face unpleasant facts or unsolved problems. But in time the basic good sense and stability of the great American consensus has always prevailed….” —JFK, November 1961 (2)
“….The discordant voices of extremism are once again heard in the land….They look suspiciously at their neighbors and their leaders. They call for ‘a man on horseback’ because they do not trust the people….” — JFK, November 1961 (3)
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27 Sep
General Edwin Walker oversaw integration of Little Rock High School this week 1957. Later rebuked for ordering his troops to read rightist pamphlets, he quit Army, denounced civil rights efforts as "pro-Kennedy, pro-Communist” and was model for coup leader in “Seven Days in May”:
In 1962, ousted General Edwin Walker was arrested at University of Mississippi for trying to provoke riots against admisision of Black student James Meredith — later told friends he was repenting for having helped Army to integrate Little Rock High School this week 1957:
In 1962, ex-General Edwin Walker ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Texas on anti-JFK, anti-civil rights, pro-John Birch platform:
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