The stereotype of Kennedy is that he was a born-and-bred Bostonian. In reality, Kennedy spent the first 10 years of his life in Brookline, in suburban Boston, until his family moved to the Bronx. The future president spent his middle-school years in the Bronx area until his family sent him to private school in Connecticut.
That title goes to Theodore Roosevelt, who was a little more than nine months younger than Kennedy, at the age of 42 years, 10 months, when he succeeded William McKinley as president in However, Kennedy was the youngest person elected president, at the age of 43 years, seven months, when he became president in Bill Clinton was the third youngest president, at 46 years of age. In , Kennedy ran for the House of Representatives at the age of 29 and won.
Kennedy was elected three times to the House and two times to the U. Senate before becoming president, and he had more national political experience than our two most recent presidents. Health problems did keep Kennedy from attending Congress for some periods. Kennedy defeated Nixon in the election when votes were counted in the Electoral College, by a margin of to But in the popular vote, Kennedy won by , votes out of 68 million cast.
Also, arguments persist to this day about vote-counting in two states: Illinois and Texas. At first, Friday, Nov. Back at the barracks, Lt. Sam Bird took charge. Then just 23 years old, Bird commanded a team of pallbearers representing every branch of the U. When Air Force One landed, a general aboard the plane refused to relinquish the casket to the honor guard. Secret Service agents struggled with their heavy burden until finally, with help from pallbearers, they loaded it onto an ambulance.
Landing outside the hospital, the pallbearers removed the casket from the ambulance and brought it into a private room. Early on Saturday, Nov. The pallbearers removed their precious cargo outside the White House around 4 a.
The additions were welcome, as the pallbearers were working round-the-clock. On the night before that mission, Bird assembled his team at Arlington for a test run. On Monday, Nov. After the funeral Mass, the pallbearers exited the church and fastened the casket to the caisson for the three-mile trek to Arlington.
Mourners had mobbed the Capitol and the cathedral, Mayfield remembered, but larger throngs lined the streets of Washington for this final journey. He did not see John F. Kennedy Jr. But he noticed the silence, broken only by a drum corps rapping out a slow, sad beat.
At the grave site in Arlington, the pallbearers faced another challenge. Because maneuver requires precise timing, the mixed band of pallbearers had devoted hours to practice.
We had two days. That was enough. Then it was over. Mayfield, who had only six or seven hours of sleep across those four days, went to his barracks to rest. Two months later, he did.
He built a new life that makes few references to November Inevitably, though, a call or a letter stirs memories of those days and the steady, mournful sound of those drums. Another year in isolation? One last toast: A refreshing farewell to 25 years on the San Diego beer beat. To pay or not to pay?
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