It took almost 16 years after the death of President John F. Kennedy to complete his Library and Museum in Dorchester, Massachusetts, near Boston. Built on a landfill overlooking Dorchester Bay, the front concrete profile resembles a sail and the back reflects the glass pavilion. Inside are fascinating exhibits of the life, presidency and death of the first president I remember as a kid. I vividly remember the live TV coverage of his assassination, Ruby’s shooting of Oswald, the horse drawn carriage, his flag draped coffin at the US Capitol and the funeral processions.
