John F. Kennedy: The King of Camelot

The world fell silent when "Camelot" was brought down by the sound of a shot heard around the world. A great man was silenced, and a generation was brought to a standstill. A nation lost a great leader, and the world lost a hero. Who was this man who had influenced the world with his political charm and his drive for change? The man of the hour was John Fitzgerald Kennedy. On May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts, one of America's most beloved presidents was born into the Kennedy Family, a socially and politically prominent family residing in Massachusetts. Named after his mother's father, John Fitzgerald Kennedy would go on to become one of the most influential presidents to grace the Oval Office. His parents, Rose and Joseph Kennedy, were members of Boston's most prominent Irish Catholic political parties and would go on to have a total of nine children, with Johnathan being the second. This generation of Kennedys would become one of America's most famous political families. As a child, John, or "Jack" as his family called him, was an ill child weakened by childhood diseases. On February 20, 1920, at the tender age of two years and ten months old, Jack became ill with Scarlet Fever, a highly contagious and then life-threatening disease. Although Jack recovered, he was never truly healthy, always suffering from one ailment after another. Unfortunately, sickness would always remain a constant roadblock in his life, plaguing him throughout college, military service, his tenure in Congress, and the presidency. As a consequence of constantly being sick, Jack was forced to live in the shadow of Joe Jr., his older brother. Not only would Jack be affected by his poor health, but also by his behavior in school. The Kennedys...