

hellomagazine.com Fifty years after John F Kennedy's assassination on 22 November, 1963 the legend of what is known as the Camelot era burns as brightly as the flame at his resting place in Arlington, Virginia. 


Learn more about the gilded couple with these ten facts and click on the photo for more images.






When the couple travelled to Paris the French were so enthralled with her, the President joked: "I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris."









5. In the Oval Office sat a model of a PT109 torpedo boat as a reminder of Jack's World War II heroics. He also wore a metal tie clasp shaped like a torpedo boat with “PT 109” stamped on its bow.

6. A committed catholic, JFK prayed every day and went to mass each Sunday. He also swore with "the unconcern of a sailor," reported a profile of him three days before his inauguration.





8. After Patrick's death, there is evidence that the President stopped his constant womanising.

9. Following the assassination the First Lady's famous pink suit was sent to a sealed vault in the National Archives, still blood-stained to preserve the historical moment. The Kennedy family has given instructions that it cannot be viewed until 2103.

10. Jackie planned every detail of the funeral herself basing it on Abraham Lincoln's final farewell. She herself lit the eternal flame that burns night and day at his grave in Arlington National Cemetery.

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