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Americans embraced commemorative books and magazines following the tragic death of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. This children's book -- written as an illustrated poem -- is a tribute to President Kennedy's young son watching his father's funeral.
The text of the 26-page book is a poem that Ms. Geer wrote the evening of President John F. Kennedy's funeral, November 25, 1963. The black and white illustrations in the book were by another high school student, Leslie Bennett from Detroit, Michigan.
jfk enters the presidential race Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States. Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."
Does anyone remember a poem "Six White Horses"? It had been written by a young girl at the time of President Kennedy's death.
16 lis 2018 · tells the white horses how slow to go before your widow and children, walking behind the flag-anchored coffin— and one riderless black horse dancing!
22 lis 2013 · The memorial that helped me deal with this personal feeling of sadness was the illustrated children's book that I later found in my school library, Six White Horses. A poem written by an Ann Arbor, Michigan, teenage girl and illustrated by a local artist, it is from the viewpoint of John-John during President Kennedy's funeral.
SIX WHITE HORSES. WIREPHOTO DTI. ENTJOHN F. KENNEDY THREE YEARS AGO TODAY MEANT SADNESS FOR MILLIONS,' BUT TO CANDY GEER, THEN A 16-YEAR-OLD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, IT MEANT SOMETHING M. IONCR A LETTER, PUT HER SADNESS TO WORDS IN 42-LINE POEM THAT WAS PUBLISHED AND HAS BEEN READ BY THOUSANDS ACROSS THE COUN.
