November 22nd marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John Kennedy. JFK’s campaign stop in Bridgeport on November 6, 1960 jammed downtown with supporters. He spoke first at the municipal airport in Stratford, traveled by motorcade to other Connecticut cities before his campaign stop at the city train station.
Frank Gerratana, who served as chief photographer for the Herald, a popular city newspaper in its time that ceased publication in 1974, was front and center for many presidential and high-profile political visits. His son Frank has graciously shared many images snapped by his dad through the decades including some gems that never made it into print.
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I remember as a student at St. Ann’s school joining all the other schools at the train station and waiting for his arrival. The nuns practically swooned when he took the dais.
No disrespect toward the Nuns but this is a nasty spending habit by Malloy!
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Great post Lennie. For more on JFK’s visit check out:
myemail.constantcontact.com/BPL-News-and-JFK-s-1960-Visit-to-Bridgeport.html?soid=1102212215773&aid=tPwbZNhESmw
–from the Bridgeport Public Library.
BTW–I was there, sitting on my father’s shoulders.
Didn’t he visit AVCO Lycoming also, or was that when he was already President?
*** HOW MANY FAMILIES FROM THAT ERA IN TIME HAD OR STILL HAVE TODAY A PICTURE OF JFK IN THEIR HOME ALONG WITH OTHER PUBLIC NATIONAL LEADERS WHO WERE ALSO ASSASSINATED DURING THE ’60s? ***