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DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. -- The result of the 2008 election may come down to how voters decide to define Barack Obama. Is he Adlai Stevenson or John F. Kennedy? Is he a detached former law review editor ...
On this day in 1960, delegates to the Democratic National Convention nominated Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts as their presidential candidate. The next day, at Kennedy’s behest, the ...
As Noel F. Busch tells it in his 1952 biography of Stevenson, Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois, the future politician’s sister was holding a party when a military-academy student in attendance was ...
John F. Kennedy's assassination 50 years ago Thursday changed the presidency and it changed America, and Thursday night Adlai Stevenson III, a member of one of Illinois' most prominent political ...
Called “The Farm” in the days when dignitaries like John F. Kennedy and Eleanor Roosevelt visited, the Mettawa home of the late Illinois Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson II has won a new distinction.
Located in Mettawa, the Lake County farm hosted dignitaries such as John F. Kennedy and Eleanor Roosevelt during Stevenson’s ownership. The 16-room, wood-framed house […] Skip to content ...
President John F. Kennedy once described himself as an “idealist without illusions.” Now in my 88th year as one of the dwindling number of surviving members of Kennedy’s administration, I ...
Sen. John F. Kennedy makes his way into the Los Angeles Sports Arena on July 13, 1960, after being nominated for president. | AP Photo By Andrew Glass 07/12/2017 12:03 AM EDT Updated: 07/12/2017 ...