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Octafish

(55,745 posts) Mon May 27, 2013, 01:45 PM May 2013

Memorial Day 1963

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Half a century ago...

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JFK at Arlington on Meml Day 50 yrs ago (standing below what became his grave) was 1 day after final birthday, 1963

-- Michael Beschloss

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Memorial Day 1963 (Original Post) Octafish May 2013 OP

I will go to my grave loving JFK for the hope he brought life long demo May 2013 #1

Me too, life long demo. He was President for only 1,037 days. Octafish May 2013 #2

He was also widely respected in Latin America Art_from_Ark May 2013 #4

That man saved the world in October 1962. roamer65 May 2013 #3

Great picture. Major Hogwash May 2013 #5

life long demo

(1,113 posts)

1. I will go to my grave loving JFK for the hope he brought

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Mon May 27, 2013, 03:53 PM

May 2013

for a better world.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)

2. Me too, life long demo. He was President for only 1,037 days.

Reply to life long demo (Reply #1)

Mon May 27, 2013, 04:45 PM

May 2013

Look at some of what what he accomplished:

Kept peace when almost all counseled war.

Put Main Street ahead of Wall Street.

Respect for Africans and respect for Asians -- not their former colonial masters -- in matters of war and peace, trade and policy.

Integrated White House Secret Service detail and ordered Justice Department to after Mafia.

Launched Project Apollo.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

4. He was also widely respected in Latin America

Reply to Octafish (Reply #2)

Mon May 27, 2013, 08:55 PM

May 2013

for such things as his Alliance for Progress program

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_Progress

roamer65

(36,747 posts)

3. That man saved the world in October 1962.

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Mon May 27, 2013, 08:50 PM

May 2013

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)

5. Great picture.

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Mon May 27, 2013, 09:01 PM

May 2013

If we had the "buddy list" at DU, you would certainly be on it, man.
Your threads are great.
Especially the threads about ol' man Bush.
I was reading 2 of them the other day and learned a lot more about what an evil SOB ol' man Bush really is.

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