Press Releases

BOSTON, MA – The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum today announced that it has made available, in print form, 2,500 digital scans of Ernest Hemingway materials housed at the Nobel Prize-winning author’s former Cuban estate, the Finca Vigía.

BOSTON, MA – The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum today announced that it has made available, in print form, 2,500 digital scans of Ernest Hemingway materials housed at the Nobel Prize-winning author’s former Cuban estate, the Finca Vigía. This material, which has never been seen outside of Cuba, includes letters, passports, telegrams, household accounts, bar bills, recipes and a notebook of hurricane observations among other items. It was digitized through the efforts of the U.S. Finca Vigía Foundation under an agreement with the Cuban Council of National Heritage.

BOSTON, MA – Kenneth R. Feinberg, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, today announced the selection of Heather P. Campion as the new Chief Executive Officer of the organization. Campion is a highly-regarded leader in the business, academic and philanthropic communities with deep roots in national politics, including service on the White House staff of President Jimmy Carter. Campion will take on oversight of the Foundation on March 3, 2014.

Boston, MA — Fifty years after Jacqueline Kennedy publicly expressed her gratitude for the outpouring of support following the death of President John F. Kennedy, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum has opened a new series of condolence mail from the First Lady’s personal papers. The series contains condolence that was forwarded to and managed by Mrs. Kennedy’s personal secretaries. Of note, a letter from Maxine McNair, mother of Denise McNair, one of the four girls who were killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama in September 1963, was discovered among the documents in this series.

BOSTON, MA – The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation today announced that Robert Epstein, Co-Chairman of Horizon Beverage Group, will chair the Foundation’s 26th Annual May Dinner on Sunday, May 4, 2014. The May Dinner is the Foundation’s annual black-tie gala that celebrates President Kennedy’s enduring legacy.

Boston, MA – Jack Schlossberg, the only grandson of John F. Kennedy, today presented the tenth annual John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards to Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), one of the first two female combat veterans to serve in the U.S. Congress and an emerging leader on veterans’ issues, and Charles Best, Founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org, a pioneering online charity that connects individual donors with public school teachers to meet classroom teaching needs. The awards were presented during a ceremony at the Institute of Politics at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Boston, MA – The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum today announced that on November 22, 2013 it will unveil a special new display, A Nation Remembers, presenting a selection of artifacts from the state funeral of President Kennedy. Several of the objects featured have never before been displayed publicly.

Boston, MA – The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Foundation today announced the launch of AnIdeaLivesOn.org, an online tribute to President John F. Kennedy that aims to create a multigenerational conversation about the many ways in which the legacy of our nation’s 35th president lives on today.

BOSTON, MA – The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, the official memorial to President John F. Kennedy, will observe the 50th anniversary of November 22, 1963 with a number of events that celebrate the legacy of the nation’s 35th President. Observances will include a ceremony webcasted by satellite from the Kennedy Library’s IM Pei-designed glass pavilion; the presentation of a selection of artifacts from the President’s State Funeral that have never before been displayed; an interactive documentary and website celebrating the vibrant presence of JFK in the world today; and an award ceremony on November 25 during which Jack Schlossberg, President Kennedy’s grandson, will celebrate two young Americans who answered President Kennedy’s call for pioneers of the New Frontier.

Boston, MA – Congresswomen Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), one of the first two female combat veterans to serve in the U.S. Congress and an emerging leader on veterans’ issues, and Charles Best, Founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org, a pioneering online charity that connects individual donors with public school teachers to meet classroom teaching needs, have been named this year’s recipients of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards. The awards will be presented by Jack Schlossberg, John F. Kennedy’s grandson and a member of the New Frontier Award Committee, at 6:00 p.m. on November 25, 2013 during a ceremony at the Institute of Politics at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government [watch live webcast].

Boston, MA- The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced today that the national John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest, with a first place prize totaling $10,000, is now open and accepting submissions from U.S. high school students. The deadline for entries is Monday, January 6, 2014.

Boston MA –The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, along with the German Consulate of Boston, today announced that they will unveil a painted, life-size, fiberglass bear sculpture at Copley Place on September 24, 2013. Originally part of a public art project in Berlin called Buddy Bears, the sculpture was presented by then German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Senator Edward M. Kennedy in 2008 to commemorate the solidarity his brother, John F. Kennedy, had offered the German people during his presidency. The sculpture is also presented as a symbol of solidarity between the people of the United States and Germany.

Boston, MA– In honor of the 60th anniversary of the September 12, 1953 wedding of Senator John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum will feature an artist’s unique paper replica of the ivory silk taffeta gown worn by the bride in a special display opening September 12 and running through November 3.

Boston, MA– The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum today introduced a new program that invites all Massachusetts residents with Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards to show their card to get $4 per person admission to the museum, a savings of $8 on regular adult admission.

Boston, MA– On behalf of the Board of Directors of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, I congratulate Caroline Kennedy on her nomination by President Obama to serve as the United States Ambassador to Japan.