Music Appreciation
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(1,787 posts)stolen by hate. And here we are.
Swede
(37,695 posts)On November 22, 1963, as Jacqueline Kennedy left Parkland Hospital in Dallas, she carried with her the unbearable weight of sudden widowhood and the visible scars of tragedy. Her pink Chanel-style suit, splattered with her husbands blood, became an eternal symbol of national grief.
Nurses and aides gently urged her to change, even offering a cloth to wipe the stains away. But she refused. Her wordsfirm and sorrowfulechoed through history: No. Let them see what theyve done to Jack. It was not just defiance; it was love, anguish, and dignity bound together in a single decision.
Hours earlier, she had cradled President Kennedys shattered head in her lap as the motorcade raced toward Parkland. That same blood now marked her gloves, her suit, her very being. And she chose to keep it therewearing it through the swearing-in of Lyndon B. Johnson aboard Air Force One, her presence a silent testimony no one could turn away from.
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Botany
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(37,695 posts)Thanks for posting this.
lastlib
(26,923 posts)Thank you for posting it.
RFK Sr. has long been my political hero.
I stand with them.