For Immediate Release: June 23, 2005
Further information: Brent R. Carney (617) 514-1662, Brent.Carney@JFKLFoundation.org
Boston MA - In honor of America’s independence, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum will feature a historic recording of Senator John F. Kennedy reading the Declaration of Independence. The 10-minute recording was made in 1957 for New York radio station WQXR’s July 4th observance. The recording was donated to the John F. Kennedy Library in January 1964. For forty years it remained unheralded in the Library's audio visual collection of 10,000 hours of sound recordings, eight million feet of film and videotape, and 400,000 still photographs. This special recording was re-discovered by Library staff just last year. Those wishing to hear this extraordinary recording will be able to do so by visiting the museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library between July 2nd and July 4th, 2005.
The Museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library features 25 inspiring, multimedia exhibits and period settings from the White House that create a stirring account of President Kennedy’s thousand days in office and offer an exciting "you are there" experience.
General admission to the Museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library is $10.00. Admission for seniors over the age of 62 and college students with appropriate identification is $8.00, and for children ages 13-17, $7.00. Children ages 12 and under are admitted for free.
The Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with the exceptions of Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. The Library is located in the Dorchester section of Boston, off Morrissey Boulevard, next to the campus of the University of Massachusetts/Boston. Parking is free. There is free shuttle-service from the JFK/UMass T Stop on the Red Line. The Museum is fully handicapped accessible. For more information, call (866) JFK-1960.