Captured in an Image
Beyond the black and white haze of time, there is a young boy in a tailored blue coat and plaid shorts saluting his father’s coffin as it is driven through the streets of the Washington Capitol. It was this image that restored the hearts of the countless civilians who had been distraught by their leader’s sudden death. The American public was able to find some sort of comfort through the little boy they dubbed, “John-John”, the son of the overwhelmingly adored President John F. Kennedy. This young boy would grow to be a man forever seen in the spotlight. The pictures of his youth remain the pieces of a national photo album. JFK Jr. was just another seedling of the flourishing family tree that remained tied down through its deep roots of political royalty and legacy. It is these particular roots that have given such a definitive form to the short branch of his life.
On November 25, 1960, JFK Jr. became the first infant born to a president elect. As......
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