Moms and History
What follows is ABC's account, drawn from the letters and papers of Rose Kennedy made public this week, of what is now well within my top two favourite historical anecdotes of all time. This is many things, lovely and suberb among those things:
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Rose's correspondence was not limited, however, to family members and friends. In 1962, she took it upon herself to write to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, asking him to autograph nine photographs of his historic meeting with her son, President John F. Kennedy, for her children. Soon after, JFK drafted this note to his mother from the White House:
"Would you be sure to let me know in the future any contacts you have with heads of state, etc.," he wrote. "Requests of this nature are subject to interpretations, and, therefore, I would like to have you clear them before they are sent."
"I am so glad you warned me about contacting heads of state," the president's mother replied, "as I was just about to write to Castro."
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Rose's correspondence was not limited, however, to family members and friends. In 1962, she took it upon herself to write to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, asking him to autograph nine photographs of his historic meeting with her son, President John F. Kennedy, for her children. Soon after, JFK drafted this note to his mother from the White House:
"Would you be sure to let me know in the future any contacts you have with heads of state, etc.," he wrote. "Requests of this nature are subject to interpretations, and, therefore, I would like to have you clear them before they are sent."
"I am so glad you warned me about contacting heads of state," the president's mother replied, "as I was just about to write to Castro."
posted by Heipel at
8:14 PM
2 Comments:
"ohh then I should probably cancel lunch with Pol Pot next Tuesday do you think?"
"er, yes Mom, probably."
That's so cute. A typical mom proud of her son.
But then again Rose wasn't exactly typical was she?
Can you believe she lived to the ripe old age of 105? Maybe she thought if she lived long enough, she could get Teddy on track. :)
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