Musical Stew Daily

45 years ago today we lost the most charismatic and one of our country’s most influential presidents, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Born into a wealthy Massachusetts family, Kennedy was a senator, a Pulitzer Prize winner and PT Boat commander. His presidency saw the rise of the Civil Rights movement, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the early stages of the Vietnam War and the Space Race. Kennedy was a man that squeezed a lot of living into his 43 years. He hung with Rat Pack, most notably Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe. Many feel that our country lost its innocence that day in Dallas, when Kennedy was struck down by assassins’ bullets. The country was left to wonder what could’ve been with another Kennedy term in the White House. The theories behind his assassination are countless. Was it the Mafia? Was it Castro? Perhaps we’ll never know for sure, but hopefully as another president starts his term, we will stand together, united in support, regardless of party affiliation.