It is the 60th anniversary of the death of John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, and the shadow of that day is immeasurably long, in all sorts of ways
As a Brit his murder doesnt have such great symbolism, nor do many of the issues discussed. My late Irish mother probably held him in greater affection than I. The Irish American link and often innate anti Brit sentiment bond those two nations. Perhaps we are a more cynical people, we dont gave a dream or some myth of righteous leaders taking us to the promised land. USA was founded by white christians looking to build the impossible, a shangri la here in a temporal and infinitely fallible world. I wonder if he had died of a heart attack whilst in office, how different his memory would be? The method of his death and the lingering shadow are what gives his memory much of its power. JFK wasnt perfect. Who is? If he had lived and gone on to retire and pass of age, would be any more of a symbol than say Woodrow Wilson ?
As a Brit his murder doesnt have such great symbolism, nor do many of the issues discussed. My late Irish mother probably held him in greater affection than I. The Irish American link and often innate anti Brit sentiment bond those two nations. Perhaps we are a more cynical people, we dont gave a dream or some myth of righteous leaders taking us to the promised land. USA was founded by white christians looking to build the impossible, a shangri la here in a temporal and infinitely fallible world. I wonder if he had died of a heart attack whilst in office, how different his memory would be? The method of his death and the lingering shadow are what gives his memory much of its power. JFK wasnt perfect. Who is? If he had lived and gone on to retire and pass of age, would be any more of a symbol than say Woodrow Wilson ?