The youngest US president to be inaugurated and the youngest President to die in office, it is 50 years this week since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. In a week where talk of his assassination will be everywhere here are some happier photos of him.
Above: 2 JFKs in a rowing boat. John F. Kennedy with his son JFK Jr in beached rowboat at Bailey’s Beach, Newport, RI. September 1963

President Kennedy eating an ice cream, August 1963

President Kennedy with his daughter Caroline in Hyannisport, MA, aboard the “Honey Fitz”, August 1963

John F. Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr. at the White House, October 1963

Photograph of President John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Mrs. Jacqueline B. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy with their dogs during a weekend in Hyannisport. The dogs are Clipper (standing), Charlie (with Caroline), Wolf (reclining), Shannon (with John Jr.), two of Pushinka’s puppies (with Mrs. Kennedy).

John F Kennedy in his naval uniform, 1942
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