Joint Base Andrews (formerly Andrews Air Force Base), photographed a few minutes ago. Anyone want to remind us of some of the history that has been made here?
Eisenhower welcomes Khrushchev for first US visit by a supreme Soviet leader, Andrews Air Force Base, 1959: #Getty
JFK and Jackie walk toward Air Force One, bound for Texas, at Andrews Air Force Base, 1963:
River in my beloved hometown of Chicago has been dyed green on St. Patrick’s Day for sixty years as of this week, but environmental concerns may compel that tradition to end:
Talking to one Mayor Daley, Chicago, 2005, in front of picture of another. Each served as Mayor for more than two decades. #AP
Famous-in-Chicago Alderman and tavern proprietor Paddy Bauler (center), who crowed as the elder Mayor Daley was on his way to becoming Mayor in 1955, “Chicago ain’t ready for reform!"
Yes, everything that should be old history is painfully new again:
Back cover of my book on years of Cuban Missile Crisis (1991):
Here is speech draft written for JFK's use if he ordered US armed forces to bomb Cuba and USSR missile sites, incurring immediate danger of nuclear attack against United States by Kremlin, October 1962:
Much of historic Lafayette Square, facing North Portico of the White House, was slated for demolition and replacement by grim and faceless office buildings before Jackie Kennedy helped to save it, 1961-1962: #JFKL
Yes, she is wearing that same suit.
Jackie Kennedy’s famous pink suit was actually an imitation Chanel design by a New York boutique called Chez Ninon, which allowed her to save money and also say she was buying American.