Press Releases

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Postal Service will commemorate the centennial of President John F. Kennedy’s birth by dedicating a Forever stamp in his honor at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.

BOSTON— The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum today announced a year-long celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of the birth of President John F. Kennedy. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts on May 29, 1917, President Kennedy was the youngest president ever elected to office. To commemorate his centennial year, the JFK Library is spearheading a series of events and initiatives aimed at inspiring new generations to find meaning and inspiration in the enduring American values that formed the heart of the Kennedy presidency.

Boston, MA – Aja Brown, the Mayor of Compton, CA, and Max Kenner, founder of the Bard Prison Initiative, an organization dedicated to helping incarcerated individuals earn college degrees while in prison, have been named this year’s recipients of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards.

Boston, MA - "Face the Nation" host John Dickerson talks about book, "Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories from Presidential Campaigns."

BOSTON, MA – The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation today announced that Jeff Immelt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GE, will chair the institution’s signature fundraising gala on Sunday, May 7, 2017.

Washington (September 20, 2016) – Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) yesterday named Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) to serve on the John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission. The Commission, established last month with enactment of the John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission Act, is charged with planning, developing, and carrying out activities to honor President Kennedy on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2017.

BOSTON, MA -- Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus is scheduled to announce September 20 that the next ship of the next generation of fleet replenishment oilers will be named USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 208).

BOSTON, MA -- Song Lyrics Awards to be presented to John Prine and Kathleen Brennan & Tom Waits.

BOSTON, MA – Kenneth R. Feinberg, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, today announced the selection of Steven M. Rothstein as the new Executive Director of the organization. An accomplished non-profit administrator, public servant, and entrepreneur, Rothstein led the world-renowned Perkins School for the Blind through a period of significant growth during his eleven year tenure as President of the institution.

Introductory letter from Steven M. Rothstein following his appointment as Executive Director of the Kennedy Library Foundation.

Washington (July 15, 2016) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Orin Hatch (R-Utah) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) applauded passage of Senate legislation to establish a commission to be known as the “John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission” that would plan, develop, and carry out activities to honor President Kennedy on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2017.

BOSTON – The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation today announced that Zhen Tu, a junior at Eagan High School in Eagan, Minnesota, has won the national John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest for High School Students. Tu’s prize-winning essay describes the political courage of former U.S. Senator of Tennessee Howard Baker, who in 1978, while serving as Republican Senate Minority Leader, successfully led the Senate to ratify the controversial Panama Canal treaties.

BOSTON - The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum today announced the opening of a new landmark exhibition, Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars. Showcasing the JFK Library’s Hemingway Collection, this is the first ever major museum exhibition devoted to the work and life of Ernest Hemingway. The exhibit features a trove of rarely exhibited material, including multiple drafts of the writer’s major works, correspondence with a legendary circle of expatriate writers living in 1920s Paris, as well as photographs and a selection of Hemingway’s personal belongings.

BOSTON – The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation today announced that Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy is the 2016 recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™. Amid security concerns following the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, Malloy courageously defended the U.S. resettlement of Syrian refugees and personally welcomed a family of Syrian refugees to New Haven after they had been turned away by another state. The prestigious award for political courage will be presented by Jack Schlossberg, President Kennedy’s grandson, at a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on May 1, 2016.