WHAT HAPPENED to Jacqueline Kennedy’s pink suit? Famous historical fashion | Assassination of JFK
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- WHAT HAPPENED to Jacqueline Kennedy’s pink suit after the assassination of JFK? The suit, with navy trim and matching pill box hat, is one of the most famous historical fashion moments of the 20th century and perhaps all of history and First Lady Jackie Kennedy continued to wear it for the rest of the day after her husband’s death, despite the fact that it was covered in his blood. However it has not been seen publicly since she returned to the White House in the early hours the following morning. In this American history documentary from History Calling, we go back to Dallas, Texas on the 22 November 1963 and to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Using contemporary photographs and eye-witness reports, we’ll trace what happened to the suit during that day, why Jackie opted to keep it on and look at the mystery of what became of Jackie’s hat, which was removed while she was at Parkland Hospital in the hour or so after the shooting on Dealey Plaza and which has never been traced. We’ll investigate how the suit ended up in storage at the National Archives in Maryland and why it won’t be seen again by the general public until 2103 at the earliest. Kackie Kennedy’s pink suit was just one small part of the Kennedy assassination, but it continues to intrigue historians and the public to this day, with constant copies seen in movies like 2016’s Jackie, starring Natalie Portman, on fashion catwalks, in TV shows (including The Simpsons, The Crown and Scream Queens) and even in music videos, such as one by Dua Lipa.
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Golly, tough question. I'm just assuming that in the chaos of the day, the hat was trampled underfoot, and the gloves were maybe tossed in the trash later. I can't imagine anyone wanted to hold onto such gory and sad mementos, but hey, churches used to hold onto the alleged nail clippings of their saints, so maybe someone does have those items somewhere. What a macabre thing to secretly pass down for generations if that is the case though. I'm honestly glad that the rest of her outfit has been kept out of public view though. Can't imagine anyone actually wanting to see it, but that's just me. Thanks, HC, enjoy your weekend!
I have heard stories that the family has the hat, I don’t know about the gloves
Yes, accidental loss or gruesome souvenir are my best two guesses as well. Have a great weekend too :-)
Don't know. Never thought of that before.
I'm guessing someone took them as a souvenir.
I’ve always thought it odd that the grisly autopsy photos of JFK have been circulated for decades, but a simple pink suit is locked away for 100 years. Frankly, I think the suit would be better off being displayed for the American people as a symbol and reminder of Jackie’s poise, courage and majesty during one of our nation’s darkest moments.
Not maybe better for the family, what's left of it.
The family specifically requested that the suit not be on display, and it's only fair to respect their wishes. JFK's autopsy photos were circulated likely regardless of their input (if I recall Jackie even had to fight to have his funeral be a closed casket, many wanted an open casket but she and members of the family didn't want their final sight of him nor the public's to be layers of makeup and touchups that tried to mask his injuries). They didn't want people to look with any more morbid facination/curiosity than they already were, and it's almost certain that many people would go to see the dress just to look at the blood. What you see as a symbol is their reminder of their relative's death.
🎭I think the suit should be studied...the blood pattern would show where the fatal shot came from like Jackie herself delivering it? jmo
@@dodgingbullets3503 I doubt it. Jackie cradled his head in her arms, which is where most of the blood came from. If there were any spatters from the shot itself, the pattern would have been overlain by the subsequent layer of blood stains. If I understand what you say--and I may be misinterpreting you--there has never been the slightest implication that Mrs. Kennedy was in any way involved--logistically impossible, I would guess.
Agree 100%. It belongs to us all. We should never forget this dastardly deed. Shame on these cowards who murderer this great President. We could really use him now.
It’s difficult to imagine how traumatising it must have been for Jackie. You’re sitting in a car next to your husband on what you think is a (comparatively) normal day, probably planning a normal evening later. Then a bullet hits him in the head out of nowhere, he slumps over dying, and his blood and brains spatter all over you. The whole thing isn’t even private, your entire ordeal is televised and becomes a world famous event. Absolutely horrific situation. She’d already lost two children as well and wasn’t even all that old. She was a strong woman to cope with all that, she deserves admiration.
Yes, I often think she must have been one of the strongest women of the modern era, to endure all of that and still be able to carry on and find happiness in her life again. She was incredible. I'm glad she didn't live to see her son die in the plane crash though. That would have been too much I think.
I think they lost only one child, a son named, Patrick. I can't imagine what she went through. She was all over that car trying to pick up his brains. However, she was strong enough to be very involved with his funeral wanting it to be just A. Lincoln's, and stayed strong and dignified throughout that terrible weekend. She also was the one who created the"Camelot" myth in association with the President and his staff.
Then, Bobby who had been a rock suffers the same tragic end.
I know🥺
It made me want to cry
@@l.plantagenet Their firstborn was a stillborn daughter in 1956. Her name was Arabella. She is buried next to her father.
Having seen family members react after a family member has died (work in ER), I think her choice to keep wearing her outfit says a lot about her. The statement about letting ‘them’ see what was done strikes me as a self controlled, even classy, expression of anger at what had happened. I’ve seen people get into fist fights with other family members in the parking lot, lash out at us, punch walls, among a lot of other expressions of grief. Amazing woman who held onto her dignity and found a way to express her feelings in a way to drive home to a media she knew would circle like vultures the horror of what she had gone through. Thanks for shedding some light on this event.
Yes, she had a tremendous understanding of image and of how to perpetuate her husband's memory (the funeral is another good example of that).
Thank you for your work! You are an angel
This was only about 3 months after she lost her premature son. I simply can't imagine her anguish.
She was an exceptional first lady. We will never see her kind again. She put up with more than any other woman would.
Jackie was always a classy lady!!
I remember this event very well. We were sent home from school for early dismissal. The whole City of New York came to a standstill. The much loved President had been assassinated. None of us who lived through that will ever forget these images. Thank you so much for this historical record!
It happened on my 14th Bday. What a day....one I will never forget.
Speaking of NYC there's a terrific scene in Mad Men where two of the main characters are in a hotel having a lunch time trist when suddenly Walter Chronkite is announcing Kennedy's death.
As I see your comment your next birthday is approaching. I also was there. You will recall watching all this live on black & white TV - for days. Happy birthday and take care. ♥️🇺🇸
@yvonneplant9434 oh my! That would be a hard date for a birthday as everyone knows that date.
I was in first grade, but that day is indelibly imprinted on my mind. I remember getting on the school bus and the driver shushing us so he could hear the radio. I also remember a high school girl crying on the bus. I didn't understand what was happening until I got home and my parents explained it. A sad day.
I think you would find Ask A Mortician's, "Why JFK's Casket Stayed Closed" interesting.
I've watched that one actually and it was fascinating. :-)
love that Caitlin
Yes, she's very good. :-)
thank you. well done
I think it’s obvious why there was a closed casket… Just think about it… ✨🌺✨
I think it's so fascinating that our instinct when someone's been through a traumatic situation seems to be to clean it up and sanitise it as if that will somehow make it less upsetting for the people who've been through it- Jackie knew that the splatters on her outfit were nothing in comparison to the fact that she'd just lost her husband and it's really impressive that even through her grief she *knew* she wanted other people to see evidence of what happened.
We can sit her and be grossed out by the idea of being splattered in brain matter, but Jackie standing there covered is such a visceral reminder that we can't even begin to contemplate what going through something like that must feel like emotionally.
Yes, her grasp of the importance of image, even at a moment like that, was remarkable.
@@HistoryCalling, you have to remember that before getting married, Jackie was an “inquiring photographer” for a Washington DC newspaper. Working at a newspaper and having gotten a prestigious internship at Vogue (that she left right away because of her “value” on the marriage market at 22), she knew exactly what an image was worth.
Remember when John was dating this Hollywood actress and I don’t know what the circumstances were, but the actress showed up in a duplication of Jackie pink suit.
John called it off.
@@sandranorman5469 omg! Seriously? That is beyond insensitive. 😔
Or maybe she was so in shock and full of adrenaline what she looked like didn't even enter her mind.
I was 8 years old, at home because my asthma was acting up, and I've never forgotten how my mother collapsed on our couch, crying uncontrollably at the news of JFK's assassination. I appreciate now that Jackie exhibited great fortitude; she must have been experiencing a level of PTSD I hope never to experience. I also appreciate how you stay true to your mission of shining a light on "all aspects of the past." Well done! See you next week.🙏🏼
Yes, I think it must have been like when Princess Diana died.
Thank you. I always wanted to have a history channel where I could look at anything, rather than just (for example) a Tudor channel - though I know I look at the Tudors a lot, but that's only because I struggle to get people to watch much else. I would branch out more often if I could get away with it.
You are around my age. I was born in 57, and remember this too. It was also my parents' wedding anniversary that day, so their celebration was canceled. Documentaries about this still make me cry.
My mom too crying watch tv
I was home "sick." As I fiddled with my little transistor radio, I heard the news. I ran outside to tell my parents. My father's response? "The bastards finally killed him!"
Funny that is exactly what my mother did, and I was 3 Y.O in Australia !
I was 19 on that day and was wearing a nearly identical hot pink suit when the news broke in the early afternoon. I was dressed for a special event at Miami U of Ohio. I kept my pink suit for more than 40 years because of the memories attached to it. Did not throw it away till age 60.
Hello how are you doing?
Please remember that Jackie was still recovering from the premature birth and subsequent death of their son, Patrick, only 3 months prior to the assassination of JFK
Yes, absolutely. She had the most awful year, poor thing.
Because of Patrick's death so many babies today live.
@@intorainbowzOG I wasn't sure what you meant so I looked into it.
I thank you. I had heard stories on JFK's life, but none of them ever mentioned Patrick and the connection to neonatology. It's good they finally started researching and developing better treatments for preemies, but I feel awful that it took it being a president's child for the US medical field to take a real interest....
@@NoxCattus my first born was born the same week (34 weeks) as Patrick was. There never was much worry about her dying. She had the same condition as Patrick did which was easily treated by Surfactant. She's 16 and healthy today.
They couldn't do a damn thing for the President's son. Today babies world wide are saved because of that failure.
And all the affairs he had that he shared with his brothers
I was 12 when this happened. Every time I see an image from that day it brings me right back to that moment. It was horrific.
Yes, I would imagine it was like hearing that Princess Diana had died (which I can remember). You just can't believe it's happened.
R.I.P. Princess Diana 👸❤️😇
I was 12 too. I was in 7th grade science class when Mr. Rainwater, our principal, came over the PA announcing the assassination. Several kids went into hysterics. Mr. Rainwater canceled the rest of that school day.
I was 7 and remember it well. My parents had the tv on all day and evening that weekend which was unusual. It was much worse than Princess Diana..... he was the leader of our country!
I was 11 years old. I went through the exact same thing in school and home for four days. And the unbelievable, horrible death of Princess Diana. We never forget the ones we loved.💖
I am 64. I always believed that Jackie wanted to have those bloodstains in the picture of LBJ taking his oath for a good reason. He knew.
Agree. Did they remove the blood from the photo? She is an artist, symbols are necessary. I’ve watched for it but never seen.
Yes I believe that is the truth. God bless the Kennedy family many gone too soon.
Lbj, hoover, cia killed kennedy
I've been to Arlington Cemetery and was a somber experience standing by their graves. And of course, all I could think of was her climbing out of the limo and the Secret Service pushing her back in. She lost her baby a couple of months before the assasination. How much pain that woman endured.
She couldn’t have been in that much pain to run off and marry Onassis before Johns body was even cold in the ground!
@@ledger35 well its was over 4 years before she married again.
@@ledger35 wow, your compassion level is zero. She married Onassis AFTER the assassination of RFK in 1968 and was worried about the safety of her children because they were “killing Kennedy’s”.
@@nancyhubbard7504SJackiemust have known then the her husband was murdered by his own party. Dem party was even evil then.
@@conniesheraw4702 Actually, you sound pretty evil.
JFK personally asked Jackie to wear her pink suit, as it was one of his favorites. You’ll see her in it at the WH, with John watching a ceremony, and in London, at her sister Lee’s home, so she had it as early as 1962. But she never saw the suit again after she shed it that early Saturday morning at the WH. The hose she wore were rapped in white towels, and with the blood caked shoes and purse, the outfit was carefully packed in a box and labeled, “ Worn by Jackie. November 22, 1963”. The gloves were there also. The author, William Manchester, examined the contents for his book, Death of A President. Though he doesn’t make any mention of the hat. The box sat for years next to her wedding dress, until that was transferred to the Kennedy Presidential Museum. But Jackie had not laid eyes on those items since November 23, 1963. I believe Provie packed them and had them moved on Jackie’s direction. Even in her extreme grief and shock, she was still thinking of history, bless her heart.
She had stopped wearing the suit for a time because she was pregnant with Patrick
I have always been intrigued by the murder of JFK and have watched so many videos of that day and have also read lots of articles about that event. Jackie was such a fashion icon and it's uncanny how she wore such a distinctive outfit that day. So sad. Thank you for this. Alison
Funnily enough, she'd worn it before but no one really remembers that now.
Yes, I don't think there will ever be an explanation of that day which satisfies all, or even most people.
Roger Stone wrote a fine book on the JFK assassination; there are some interviews on YT.
Something's that's been swept under the rug a bit, I think, is that Kennedy was there to convince Texas Governor Connelly to stay in the Democratic Party. Connelly was considering switching to the Republicans. If the **** hadn't been a slime, Kennedy's wouldn't have even been in TX.
Isn’t it odd that the Assassinators MISSED Jackie Kennedy who is sitting within a 1/16 inch of her husband.
@@brilliantdiva5068All by design. She wasn't the target. And there was more than one assassin. They were pros. Oswald was a pasty just like he said.
I was 6 years old and remember my mother crying for days. We watched the funeral on tv and when little John John saluted his daddy's casket my mom became hysterical. She did so all through the years everytime she saw it. She passed away in 2014 and I miss talking to her about such things. She always loved our presidents no matter what party they were.
I was 6 as well, and remember many details of that day.
Your mother lived in a fantasy land of a pretended relationship with a man who was a master at making people think they had a personal relationship with him. Many people were saddened at those events. I don't remember a single person getting hysterical, and I was 13 at the time.
I remember a lot of sadness and crying after the death of the president. This period in time goes down in history.
@@onemercilessming1342I was in Scotland when Kennedy was assassinated. Seated in the nursing rez when I heard a commotion in the hallway. It was the screams of a black Jamaican student-Joyce -When we managed to control her she screamed out “..those bast--s have killed
President Kennedy!! She sobbed uncontrollably for several minutes. The hopes for the future of our Island people were also killed that day. Kennedy was full of good intentions that is why Johnson had the mafia kill him.
I was that age too and remember my mom crying.
Never knew about her putting her wedding ring onto Jack’s finger. That’s both sweet, and gut wrenching at the same time 😞✌🏻🇺🇸
I heard it's an old Irish tradition
I read she also cut a lock of his hair too when he was in the casket, before anyone else saw him.
@@SLa-pb1gg cutting a lock of someone’s hair used to be a fairly common custom. She probably wouldn’t have had to do it when no one was looking, but you may be right
In 1999 I was at in Kansas City at a conference for the funeral industry. I met and had a conversation with the funeral director who personally embalmed Jackie. He saw the pink suit and hat because he was good friends with Jackie before she died. He told me the Kennedy family has them in a box and at that time they had no intention of publicly displaying them. He and I agreed that they should be on display at a museum at some point in the future. Lincoln’s bloody clothes are on display at Fords theater. I don’t things like that are morbid or gross. They are simply articles of history
No, they are not "simply articles of history." They are stark artifacts of a brutal American murder that nobody needs to see. Only the morbidly curious would want to see them.
@@RA82828 Why? My neighbor is a funeral director. He embalmed his own wife and had a viewing at his funeral home.
Her daughter has just signed off on the suit not being shown until 2103 according to a deed signed by Caroline Kennedy. Heirs may make it longer. It will probably never be seen? Not in our lifetime
@@suzyfarnham3165 I don't need to see it again...once was enuf
I believe, the difference is living relatives. Sometimes history and curiosity must defer to the wishes of the relatives, in this case the daughter. Perhaps her children will have a different opinion after her death. Or perhaps her grandchildren, who never knew their greatgrandmother wont mind. But the familys wishes should always be respected.
I remember that day so clearly, as I was only 13. It was a traumatic time, to be sure. What dawned on me years later was that that poor woman had lost her baby son Patrick less than 3 months earlier. Little Patrick only lived 2 days. Then to experience the catastrophic trauma of your husband’s brain matter and blood winding up in your lap is just too awful.
I know. She had the most awful year.
I can’t quite comprehend how Jackie had any thoughts on that day. Her face when LBJ was inaugurated onboard Airforce 1 is one of indescribable grief. How 1 minute you’re planning lunch & then the day turns on a dime into such gore, chaos, drama and grief.
She was 1 one amazing lady.
I've always thought LBJ was cruel asking her to stand with him when he's sworn in
@@GermanShepherd1983 He was a real POS. If there is a hell in the afterlife...
According to the Manchester book, the suit was taken to the home of Janet Auchincloss, Jackie’s mother, and stored in the attic there until it was moved to the National archives.
Exactly what I read as well.
Blood spatter analysis clearly didn't exist in those days. Today, these clothes would have been evidence, helping to determine from which directions the shots might have come... But then again, the Presidential limousine too was cleaned very quickly. Everyone was in a hurry to turn the page and move on to where the conspirators wanted things to move on....
Yes. You saved me writing that.
It should be noted that Jackie and Bobby Kennedy had editorial control of Manchester's book. They (probably Bobby) ordered him to put false info in it to make LBJ look bad. This doesn't mean the account of the suit is wrong, just not totally reliable.
The fact that she is on the plain next to the man being sworn in - in her clothes covered with her husband's blood - what a tragic picture. Unbelievable😢
She detested Johnson too.
Yes, I'm not really sure why she had to be there for that. I can't imagine she wanted to be.
@@HistoryCalling I have read that Johnson requested her presence beside him as he was sworn in.
@@brendarobinson2154 he did and in my opinion that was just cruel and like was gloating
It happened on my fathers 5th birthday. He said he remembers everyone crying and being sad, but also faking being happy for him. My heart has always shattered for Jackie. To lose your child and still be recovering, then lose your husband so brutally, and literally in your lap. I cannot even begin to imagine. Bless their souls.
I've heard the same things from people who were little kids who's birthdays were on 9/11/01 it's eerie
In one of the many post-assassination biographies, the author has written that he had seen the suit, the hat, and her stockings in a box in the Auchincloss's attic. He stated that, as he picked up her hose, dark red flakes fell from it--JFK's dried blood. Jackie never saw that suit again, he claimed. Why ever would she want to?
To cry on it ...perhaps
I think that could have been William Manchester's "The Death of a President" (1967) which tracks the week of the Texas trip, the assassination and on to the state funeral in great detail, relying on hundreds of interviews and document studies (it is explicictly not a book focusing on "who did it?" - Manchester completely accepts the official version that Lee Oswald acted alone out of personal grudge - but on the transition of power in the wake of a sudden disaster, and on how the presidency and the Kennedy family operated during these days of upheaval and sudden crisis). Manchester describes the dress and hat, and the location is the Auchincloss' attic, though he doesn't say who the owner of the house was, just that Jackie had decided she would never see these clothes again.
Inevitably, the First Lady herself becomes a leading character in Manchester's 800-page tome (he spent many hours interviewing her and also talked with other members of the family). At one point he expresses surprise at how fascinated people became by Jackie during the aftermath of the assassination and how they wanted to know every detail of her moves; he doesn't seem to realize that he himself is also writing a book that would be devoured by "Jackie-heads" all over the USA...Even if it is a sometimes one-sided book that dodges questions here and there (he has no idea how confused or botched the JFK autopsy was, although he describes it) it's well worth reading.
@FurthermoreJack Why? Onassis, Templesman...she did okay moneywise.
What an interesting video! I’ve had the honor of visiting Arlington Cemetery several times and have seen the graves of a few members of the Kennedy family. JKF’s is so touching and so sad. I’ve never considered where Jackie’s pink suit ended up. I would have assumed it would have been in the National Archives. I understand why she didn’t take it off. The poor woman was in utter shock. I mean can you even imagine? I can barely watch the tape of JFK’s assassination and the interview with Jackie’s Secret Service agent is heartbreaking. I was a 70’s kids so I thankfully missed out on all the terrible murders of such great men in the 1960’s, but I’ve visited Martin Luther King He’s home and church in Montgomery, Alabama. A large hole remains on the front porch of his home where a bomb went off. Such sad but interesting history.
Loved this video. Such a great idea for one.
Thanks Anna. Yes, Arlington is beautiful and the tour guides are wonderful. I've never been to Montgomery, but it sounds fascinating too.
@@HistoryCalling It’s full of so much history. Of course it’s all history of an awful time in US and Alabama, but it serves as a reminder to those who only know about those days from books. Montgomery even has the very bus Rosa Parks sat in, and Birmingham has the Civil Rights Museum that has a lot of stuff you wouldn’t dream still existed. It’s depressing and embarrassing that happened here but also serves the later generations to be better.
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Jackie was thinking about image?? I don't think so, not at that time; maybe planning the funeral later on, but the only thing she was trying her best not to collapse and wondered about how her children would take the news. She had PTSD for years after that..I think about that day..still awful to think about nearly 59 years later. Maybe the items were thrown away not to give reminders of that day; maybe to spare her anymore pain, but that's not possible. Poor woman saw horror that's difficult to process.
I was a senior in high school on that day. I can remember the room, the faces of the people and the exact moment I learned the news. That and the world trade center disaster will forever be indelibly etched in my memory.
Yes, I remember the World Trade Centre. Even though I'm not American, I think that was a scaring event for the entire Western world and beyond.
I was also a senior in hs and it was unbelievable
She was the closest thing to royalty America has ever seen.
Knowing it was a moment of American history that will endure forever, perhaps she was not so concerned about image as she was about history and legacy. She was right to refuse to have it cleaned up, to clean herself up, to make everything pretty again. Anyone alive that day will have it indelibly imprinted on their soul, as I do. The sense that something was irretrievably lost fell upon us that day.
Yes, she had a great sense of image and its power. I understand why she didn't want to clean up as well (plus I think she was just in enormous shock).
When Jackie put the dress on that morning, it was a strong fashion statement that would have only been interesting to those who lived in the early 60s... when she took it off that evening it had been transformed into one of the most iconic symbols of tragedy in American history
I think it was smart of Carolyn to be so incredibly specific in the deed on when and how the items are to be used. If you think about the context of 2003, genetic testing/DNA research, etc. was still in its infancy but becoming increasingly more mainstream. Given all the conspiracy theories that surround the assassination I'm sure that she was trying to prevent anyone from using the artifacts to create further controversy but still wanted it available if new information about the investigation came to light.
Her name is Caroline
Yes, I'm sure she doesn't want the whole thing dredged up again and her mother's suit and her father's blood used as ghoulish tourist attractions.
@@HistoryCalling in that case, most everything in the Smithsonian and all other museums are just ghoulish tourist attractions. But we sure love to see exhibits like King Tut don't we?
@@geebrewer8186 For real. I don't see any difference, especially since they are just clothes. The mummy of Tut is on full view. I guess a few thousand years makes it OK. Archie and Edith Bunker's chairs are there though. (Jan Griffiths).
@@douglasgriffiths3534 King Tut doesnt have any living relatives to object. The familys wishes should always be respected, regardless of ur curiosity, and especially since it doesnt make any historical difference at all, only pure curiosity.
That was called Camelot. Jackie was a soft spoken lady. What happened in November 1963 many will never ever forget😢
I love these deep dives into the intricacies of history.
You just reminded me, when you asked "what do you think happened.." I was working at a hotel here in Melbourne when Michael Jackson came on tour. He stayed in the largest suite and he didn't want anyone cleaning up until he'd gone.
I was taking the sheets/pillow cases off the bed when I noticed that a pillow case had something in ink written on it. It had Michael Jackson's signature on it. I stuffed it into my apron, showed my friends etc and then carefully packed it away.
Years later, I wanted to take a look at it. I couldn't find it! I'd never really
worried, thinking "it'll pop up"...
My mum had found it, washed it and basically ruined it!!
I wondered if anyone has a similar story about Jackie's hat and gloves Just a thought!☺️
Oh wow. I think I'd scream if that happened to me. Think what it would be worth now (or maybe you're better not thinking about it).
Her pill- box hat was lost in the shooting. Her Pink Suit was a Coco - Chanel. Jackie was so classy & Regal , she would have looked as good , even in a sack or bin -liner . Bless Her . R . I. P BRAVEST FIRST LADY OF AMERICA !!! 💔💔💔💔💔
@@HistoryCalling better not to think about it.... Believe me!
I was in grade school when this happened, in a phys ed class. We were returned to our classrooms where the televisions that were used to teach languages from the new public television station in the Detroit area, were tuned to the news. My own father had died just 3 years before. I can still feel viscerally how this terrible day affected me. It remains so despite the things we as Americans understand now about politics in general. I remember Walter Cronkite reporting his death. The following years wreaked havoc on our culture with successive assassinations and so many other terrible events. God Bless those WWII survivors who came home to a brief second of peace only to face subsequent chaos in their own country as citizens and parents.
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Wow, didn't expect that topic ! I thought I'd seen all the JFK related documentaries . Excellent !
One can't imagine the state of shock that Jackie must have been in .
I had an aunt who wore a very similar suit , this lead to her being called Jackie O by some of her crowd , when she wore it , as a young lad I wasn't aware of the connection .
I would imagine the hat was removed in the hospital when Jackie was with her husband an subsequently not picked up when she left.
I wanted to do a video that didn't involve getting sucked into all the conspiracy theories and this seemed like a good way to go for that.
I hope it just got lost too, rather than being stolen as a souvenir.
This changed everything and it changed this 13 yo boy forever. History happens every minute of every day, something we often miss. This stopped the world, a time we all grieved together. I wanted to know why she was still in those terrible clothes, why everyone was in a hurry. I called a local radio program but only found they had no answer, they were just as much in shock. The constant drumming of the funeral procession is buried in our soul, a mark of time to never be forgotten. It also began a great mistrust of adults by my generation, we began to question everything ( not in a healthy way.)
Yes, I think it must have been somewhat similar to Princess Diana dying and 9/11 in terms of how the whole world (Western world at least) reacted to them together.
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I remember reading somewhere that shortly after the assassination, Jackie's mother put the pink suit, blue blouse, stockings, etc, in a box and took it back to her home. The box was kept there, I guess until Mrs Auchincloss died, and eventually made its way to the National Archives.
Manchester's book mentioned the packing away of the suit and stockings.
"Let them see what they have done." is what the mother of Emmet Till said in 1955 when she insisted on an open casket for his tortured, mutilated, lynched Black body. Not Jackie being so presciently media savvy. This was during the height of the struggle for basic civil rights by the millions of marginalized people in the US. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, Malcom X were also victims of these struggles. Who knows what would have happened if JFK had not been replaced by LBJ, under who's administration sweeping social reforms were put into the law of the land?
I turned 21 the day RK was killed. Then bore witness to those other murders. What a louse decade to gain your.majority!
You think LBJ cared about social reform? You need to keep reading history, the authors who tell the truth. He was a horrible man.
@@marycassidy1695 100%!!!
Who knows?? What happened has happened so let's do away with the "what if."
LBJ never did a bit of social reform……..he merely rode on the coattails of the Kennedys’ reform already put into place……people of both WORDS and ACTIONS.
I had no idea that her hat had gone missing! It doesn't matter how many times I see that video, I still find myself hoping it was a mistake! I'm British, was 12, he was one of my heroes, they were a golden couple, I was devastated and (of course) remember where I was when I first heard he'd been shot, by the time I rushed home, he was dead. 😭
I had the same exact experience. I was at the grocery store picking up kerosine gas to cook at home. We did not have tv. The store owners daughter brought the news and I could not wait to get home. I found my sister crying. I knew. It was somber and felt that we lost the innocence of thinking we were safe. Saddest day in the world.
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Until today, I had always assumed the hat had blown out of the limo on the frantic drive to Parkland Hospital. Excellent information. Thank you.
You're very welcome. I think the fate of the hat provides an interesting little microcosm of the chaos of that day.
I'm thrilled you went out of your realm of topics! I'm a big fan of your videos! Your research, your voice and your editing are incredible! Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much. I like to do different things. It's just not always easy to get people to watch non-Tudor videos.
Beautiful, What a wonderful insight to a newer history. I'm sure not many people have ever giving the subject a second thought. Beautifully narrated. Thank you.
Thank you. I wanted to do a video that didn't involve getting sucked into all the conspiracy theories and this seemed like a good way to go for that.
Apparently JFK's shirt and suit he wore that day are also stored away somewhere. As for the hat, there are several sources that say it last ended up with Mary Gallagher, her secretary and after that never seen again and since then Mary Gallagher has point blank refused to talk about the hat or its whereabouts. She was asked many times and hung up all calls and refused to discuss it. Why she refuses to discuss it? It's possible she kept it for reasons best known to her and doesn't want anyone to know. She just passed away last month so you never know, that hat may make a surprise reappearance at some point and if it does, that might hint at who had it all along.
Interesting
The suit, shirt and tie are on display at the Kennedy Library.
The hat blew off on the ride to the hospital and was trampled to shreds by thousands of cars.
@@normanduke8855 meaning Jackie's hat?
@@normanduke8855 This is interesting about what happened to Jackie's hat as i've read so much about this tragedy. I always assumed like you that the hat blew off during that fast drive to the hospital. I'm surprised reading all this that it made it to the hospital. Very interesting indeed.
Maybe it will end up in the Antiques Roadshow. 😄
Even after all this time, it's quite macabre to think anyone would want to see it in a museum.
If someone had asked me what happened to the hat, I would have said it was probably lost in the immediate confusion of the shooting and drive to the hospital. I mean, there are photos showing Jackie attempting to climb out of the still moving car. If it was definitely last seen at the hospital then I have no idea, probably just a misplacement at that point and the same with the gloves. After all, they're small items (especially the gloves) and thus more easily overlooked and then lost than something like the jacket would have been.
Yes, I hope it's something like that and not that someone stole it as a souvenir.
Yes, if Jackie took the hat off in the hospital, she probably just completely forgot to pick it back up again when she left, it wouldn’t have been the first thing on her mind after all. It may have spent some time in the hospital’s lost property department and then got disposed of when she never came back for it.
@@HistoryCalling You and me both because that is just beyond reprehensible at that point. Why would you even want something like that? I do not understand some people and frankly do not care to try.
@@naomiskilling1093 Plenty of curiosity seekers would, I am sure. We will all be dead when the suit will be on display, but I am sure a lot of folks will be lining up for a view.
She wasn't trying to climb out of the car, she was grabbing part of her husband's head
My ex-husband was an honor guard at Pres. Kennedy's funeral, and there he was told a story, by Mike Mansfield in the presence of Jackie, that when she went back to the plane and started to go into the private quarters to change, when she was stopped by "Lady Bird" who said, "those are the president's quarters now." Jackie then decided to ride in the back with the coffin. Lyndon tried to apologize, but she was shocked and grievously offended, as well. That is why she traveled and arrived in D.C. still wearing the bloody suit.
The Johnsons were not Jackie's favorite people. She particularly disliked the way he called her "Honey."
@@nadyarossi5102 I was a young woman in that time period. I remember how the press went from loving Jackie to having a snide slant to stories about her. Much like the press now, being nasty to Harry and Meaghan to suck up to Kate and William. Jackie had great personal strength (not derived solely from being a Kennedy wife). Sometimes I wonder what we missed out on because she married Jack. Would she have been a great writer?...news anchor? Something fabulous, I'm sure!
@@mwhite0313 Great writer? Very possibly! News anchor? With that breathy Marilyn Monroe voice? Ehh, not so much. The Kennedy woman that seemed the strongest was Ethel, who seemed to be in perpetual competition with MIL, Rose.
Poor Joan was used, then ground up by the Kennedy culture. Jackie reportedly broke her foot while playing touch football with the family. I was but 18 at the time. Jackie didn't impress me as a woman who would normally want to play football. Shopping, yes. Elegant dinner parties, yes. Football, absolutely not!
@@nadyarossi5102 Well you weren't alive to see her, research her magazines pieces from before she was married, and her editing after Ari died. You demonstrate some hubris to dismiss her so readily. She was quite an accomplished and intelligent woman.
@@mwhite0313 You presume, My Dear. You have no idea how old I am, my level of education or what my background is. I take it you were a dear family friend?
Another item that is missing, are a pair of oversized sun glasses. During the motorcade, Jackie would, from time to time place the glasses on her face. President Kennedy kept reminding her to take them off because even though the sun was in her eyes, the crowds wanted to see her. The secret service agent who ran onto the back platform of the limousine, and then jumped to the trunk, trying to place his body over the president and the First Lady also lost his Ray Ban sunglasses somewhere between Dealy Plaza and the hospital. Another fact not know as much is while Jackie was in the White House, her entire wardrobe was paid for by her father in law. I get the impression that the deal struck regarding wardrobe was something of a bribe between Joe Kennedy and Jackie. All of the wardrobe bills were sent to Joe and he paid for everything to keep Jackie somewhat happy.
I have no idea how Jackie kept her sanity. I can't even begin to imagine how that crazy nightmare felt for her.
I was visiting my brother in Dallas with my parents, gosh over 10 years ago. It was our first time there, so we decided to see “The Grassy Knoll” (as most call it) on a day my brother had to work. The night before I mentioned to my dad that I had never really learned about what happened other than JFK was killed and there were conspiracy theories. He pulled up some CZcams and gave me a quick lesson. The actual location is marked with an X on the street and a plaque stating that a historic event happened here, never mentioning JFK’s name or the assassination. What really shocked me was the people darting into the road to lay on the X for pictures. A road that is still very much in use and fairly busy! It just felt very disrespectful and needlessly dangerous. The surrounding area was filled with people trying to sell books/pamphlets on their version of what happened or some sort of souvenirs. It was a little surreal.
I enjoyed the video, as always, and I look forward to next week!!
I've never been myself, but I'm sure it's fascinating to see the School Book Depository and the museum there. I'd like to go someday. I wouldn't want to lie in the middle of a busy street though!
@@HistoryCalling We didn’t realize there was a museum at the Depository until we were leaving the area, so I don’t know what it’s like. I thought the people in the road were crazy and did not partake myself!
@@CassiBlack I briefly lived in Dallas and visited Dealey Plaza a couple times. Like you, on both of my visits I saw people run into the street for photos at the assassination point. I found that to be tacky, if not disrespectful. I was also surprised that the federal or state government hadn't made that area an official park to preserve its dignity or significance.
I have lived in Dallas my whole life and I’ve been in that area a million times. Every time there’s tourists lol i guess it just seems normal now. Plus after 60 years i guess it’s just surreal and history
I was 12 when JFK was shot. On my way to see my mum in hospital in Dublin. Big news. Tv stopped broadcasting etc. the hat I’m sure is in the possession of someone probably from the hospital. They would be afraid to bring it out now i suppose. No idea about the gloves.
Great episode. Thanks
Yes, I suppose if your parent or grandparent had stolen it, you wouldn't dare to admit to it.
I don't think I understand why Caroline Kennedy bothered to donate the outfit at all, or rather why the Smithsonian wanted to accept it, with such draconian restrictions. What possible purpose can it serve being unseen by virtually everyone for all time, and having its use restricted for almost every single purpose even by those few archivists with access to it? That actually seems to be completely opposed to Jackie Kennedy's purpose in keeping the outfit on for so long uncleaned; as you said in the video, she wanted people to SEE what had happened, to be viscerally affected by it. Locking it away prevents anyone in the future from experiencing that.
Based on the restrictions, it seems like the primary concern is preserving the suit as well as possible in case it's needed for a future investigation. If it were me, I'd probably at least allow it to be displayed occasionally, but I also can't really criticize how the remnants of the Kennedy family want this reminder of their loss to be preserved. Jackie may have felt differently, but her's aren't the only wishes that have a right to be considered. In the end, we still have the iconic photographs from the day.
I don't trust Caroline Kennedy at all.
The outfit was actually donated during Jackie's lifetime and so with her consent. Her daughter just clarified the restrictions it is being held under, a few years after she inherited it.
@@HistoryCalling Ok, that makes a little more sense, but I guess I"m not sure why the Smithsonian would think it's worth preserving if no one can see it and it can't be studied. Is there a possibility in the restrictions that Caroline's descendants could loosen them? Otherwise it's just taking up space and resources.
@@catherinemorand500 Caroline Kennedy is the only one left. She inherited Jackie's estate.
I was only 2 yrs old in 1963..But grew up remembering this as I got older. I can’t imagine the pain she went through! Losing her child & then losing her husband ( home) . My Family also had tragedy like our famous 1st Family- May God Bless The Kennedy Family. RIP.
Read "The Death of a President" by William Manchester. He eloquently describes where - at the time of the release of his book- the suit, gloves and stocking ended up. That book describes in great detail the events surrounding November 22, 1963.
If only he had lived.
There are events in history that are so traumatic one remembers exactly where they were when they learned of the news of the event. President Kennedy's assassination was one of those days. Very interesting video. I took a millinery arts course, hat making, when I was in college. We made pill box hats the first week. Everyone discussed Jackie Kennedy's classic style while we worked. Just liked and subscribed.
You have corrected a false but long-lasting myth as to how we Americans remember this event. I too thought the suit was Chanel. Excellent job, that you corrected this fable! Now I need to watch this video again to make a note of the true designer. You'd think after all of these years, that someone would have mentioned this American designer. I was in the 5th grade when this happened. I remember the event and the reactions of my parents, teachers, and all the coverage on TV.
It was a copy by Chez Ninon, but to be fair it was based so heavily on Chanel that we might argue that Chanel was the real designer.
It is hardly a copy. The pattern, all of the fabrics, the buttons, the chain that weighs the skirt are exclusive Chanel.
Chez Ninon merely imported, assembled and fit the suit in New York.
Halston made the hat from the Chanel fabric. He made all of Mrs. Kennedy's hats.
@@normanduke8855 JFK told her she had to wear more American made!! Smart woman she was. Many of her suits and dresses were Chanel and Dior...MADE IN AMERICA!!
The suit WAS designed by Chanel but executed (with permission) by chez ninon ……..even the fabric came from France……..and in the style of the day, most likely sported both labels. This is an outfit every first year studying garment construction memorizes. Iconic suit for iconic American royalty……..she was our Princess Diana.
I was 13 and like all others on these posts can distinctly remember EVERYTHING about that day! I was in 8th grade in a Catholic school in Ohio and vividly remember looking out the classroom window and seeing this huge maple tree blowing in the wind. A classmate next to me named Kathy fell to the floor sobbing after it was announced he died. Our country never recovered from this horrific tragedy IMO
I used to have the exact same suit that I bought at Neiman Marcus in Texas
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I remember reading a biography that stated the garment was stored in the attic of Jackie's mother's home. Note was made that her stockings were included and that flakes of dried blood cascaded from them when examined. No mention was made of a hat.
I read the same thing. I wonder how long it was kept there. It will never be put on display.
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Let’s see if miss Kim K tries to wear this HA!HA!
@@jennyrust8334 not funny at all.
How can you diminish the enormity of this tragedy by calling it a “fashion moment”? Appalling.
The title of the video is about her pink suit. It was one of the most photographed outfits of the time.
Fashion Lovers come flooding in!! I am thrilled you are covering the lovely Jackie O
Thank you. Yes, no one can really beat Jackie for fashion. You could still wear a lot of the pieces she wore today and look super stylish.
Thanks for taking a highly-scrutinized day and finding a fresh angle!
No problem. I didn't want to get sucked into looking at all the conspiracy theories around the assassination, so this seemed like a different and hopefully interesting way to deal with those events.
President Kennedy's funeral was the first political event in my memory. It was televised all over the world, so I was able to watch the transmission in Poland on black and white TV screen. I remember the TV anchor say that President Kennedy had a daughter Caroline, age six (then). I remember thinking" she is the same age as I; she lost her Daddy..."
It is not unusual at all for unscrupulous people (friends too) to pilfer artifacts during historic events and nobody finds out about it for a long time. It happened at Little Big Horn, it happened with Abe Lincoln’s assassination, murder of MLK, Jr. and it happened with things associated with the Kennedy assassination
Interesting side note. In 1963 most people did not have color TV's and even if they did the news was broadcast in B & W only. Viewers had no idea Mrs Kennedy's suit was pink unless the anchorman told them.
Thank you for a very respectful & well researched video,kudos ; too often the suit is miss labeled & the subject treated mawkishly. As for the whereabouts of the hat ,in all probability it's lost to time. It's not hard to imagine the sheer about of possessions this lady had to deal with over the years,I know this first hand from my aunt who had the honour of decorating her New York apartment & the house on Martha's Vineyard. As a result I had the pleasure of meeting the the then Mrs Onassis,she was awe inspiring ,to a child & the sort of woman who knelt down to talk to me & generous to me as a teen,taking me to various exhibitions. My aunt was given many things in the redecoration process,including the President's dressing room chair,which she unfortunately reupholsterd. I own a picnic basket from the time of 'Camalot days', which my aunt again unfortunately repainted. My aunt ,like many of her generation,was brought up to reuse or mend,so for me it's a reminder of two ladies who had an influence on my life.
Thank you for this piece totof history. I followed Jackie Kennedy through her life and have many objects including a signed photograph
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I had no idea about the intrigue surrounding her missing hat and gloves. Thanks from the US for such a fascinating video!
THANK YOU for such a generous donation Nina and you're very welcome for the video. I'd love to know what happened to the hat and gloves as well. It's a minor mystery compared to other events that day, but still intriguing.
The pink suit is where it should be, and never shown. As a matter of dignity and privacy of the Kennedy Family.
Beautiful color footage... Been to Dellas, Dealey Plaza, the grass knoll, and the Depository. Sad times indeed.
Also, Chanel provided the fabrics and trimmings for this dress, so that this Chanel-knockoff could be as close to authentic as possible for her.
Yes, I think she would much rather have had the real thing, but had to make some compromises to keep the public happy.
Have always thought this was one of the worst things to happen to any wife let alone the First Lady of the United States. Now thats out of the way I have always admired her for being one of the worlds best dressed women and respect the effort that goes into it.
I had never thought of what ever happened to that suit
I saw the live broadcast as a child, when she landed with her husband’s body, and Johnson was sworn in . She was in the pink suit and pillbox hat. The skirt, and her legs were blood stained, which is never shown in photos. She wanted this to be seen by the public and recorded in history. Now, it is not all shown as in this video. I swear on the Bible to my testimony. I drew and colored a picture of her in the blood stained skirt and legs, because it moved me with sadness and grief to see this beautiful woman grieving and covered in her husband’s blood, as I was 10 yrs. old.
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Thank you for making this video. (I always enjoy your content, especially on the Tudors.) The Kennedys were considered “American royalty“. Decades later there are still many mysteries surrounding this much beloved family. I always wondered what happened to that pink suit and pillbox hat.
You're very welcome. More Tudors next week!
The pink suit was actually officially licensed by chanel and all of the materials were sourced directly from france, and probably had both tags, one from chanel and other from chez ninon.
Your voice is so pleasant and your work is thoughtful and interesting. Thank you.
For what it's worth, here's my story:
In the summer of 1994, I was walking my beloved chocolate Lab, Wheezer, for a walk in Constitution Park, a beautiful oasis in Cumberland, Maryland. At the park's dog walk enclosure, I encountered another gentleman who was walking his rambunctious Terrier, whose name eludes me these 30 plus years later. The two of us chatted about the weather and politics (something I rarely do with strangers). During our conversation, he revealed he was a lifelong Democrat and that his favorite elderly aunt (from Chevy Chase, Maryland) was Evelyn Lincoln. Having previously read multiple books about the late President John F. Kennedy, I was well aware that a woman named Evelyn Lincoln had been the personal secretary of John F. Kennedy from his entry into the Senate in 1953, until his assassination in Dallas, Texas in 1963. The man described Evelyn Lincoln as having always been his favorite aunt and that during a visit to her home in the fall of 1993, she confided in him she was secretly in possession of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's blood-stained pill box hat from the afternoon of the assassination through the present day. He claimed it was never her intention to abscond with it, but that the beautiful pink hat was so "devastatingly soiled" with President Kennedy's blood, she did not want it to end up as an exhibit within some macabre, historic display one day. I had previously read a New York Times article detailing how Janet Auchincloss (the First Lady's mother) had carefully preserved within a cardboard couture box, the blood-stained clothing worn by Jacqueline Kennedy in Dallas, consisting of the matching pink jacket and skirt, the navy-colored under blouse, and a pair of stockings. These items were all stored in a climate-controlled storage facility at the National Archives. However, the matching, pink pillbox hat was reportedly"misplaced in Dallas" and "lost forever" to history. I asked the man if Evelyn Lincoln, who was still alive in 1994, had any plans to deliver the pillbox hat to the National Archives. He replied Evelyn Lincoln would be willing to hand deliver the hat to the Archives in the next several years, however, she was very, very concerned she would "get into serious trouble" for not handing the historical clothing artifact over to the federal authorities in 1963. Unfortunately, this personal delivery to the Archives never transpired, as Evelyn Lincoln died in May 1995. Although I regularly walked my dog in Constitution Park until 1998, I never again encountered the tall man at the dog walk enclosure, nor his rambunctious Terrier. On the 60th anniversary of the assassination, I thought about that odd conversation I shared with that man in Cumberland, Maryland's Constitution Park. Until two days ago, November 22, 2023, it had been some 20 years since I last thought about the whereabouts of Mrs. Kennedy's "lost" pillbox hat. Was the unknown man's story true? I really do not know. I will admit he provided a lot of anecdotal details about Evelyn Lincoln's life in 1994 that eventually came to light only after her death the following year. The world is a mysterious place. As for me, I will probably neither speak, nor write of this bizarre exchange in Constitution Park for the remainder of my years on this earth. Thank you for letting me share my story, for what it's worth.
She designed the now iconic paint scheme for Air Force 1 that has been applied to every aircraft that has served as the presidential transport since. Her PR and branding is still unmatched and it’s that PR that made the JFK presidency so famous, not the assassination.
Ah...no. The colors were designed by Raymond Lowey.
These videos never fail to amaze me. Few things shook Americas' core like the brutal assassination of JFK. Americans loved him and our enemies feared him. He was a true voice of reason during a unsettling period in our past. There must be hundreds of ways to show tribute and try to make sense of this. Of all the facts, speculations and myths we have had to endure you want to know what happened to a dress, and state "one of the most historical fashion moments of the 20th century and perhaps all of history" I'm embarrassed to have viewed this. Reducing such an amazing man, our President, to the disposition of a dress.
I appreciate your respect toward our president and our nation in your video. This is very well done as a documentary. As a young girl I watched all this on live television. All regular programming was cancelled for days. I will never forget the grief of every single adult person that one saw on this day and many weeks following. I saw people burst into tears while at the grocery store. People pulled their cars over while driving and sobbed. So many faces everywhere were red and tear stained for many days. Men and women equally. Many who were not born then might be very surprised at what this was actually like for our nation. I have always looked after the pink suit with concern and reverence so I clicked into this with high hopes all of which were met. Thank you. 🇺🇸
Well wherever it is… I just hope Kim Kardashian doesn’t request wear it on any red carpet *EVER* 🥴🥴🥴
I still want to cry when I see President and Mrs. Kennedy in Dallas.
I was a senior in high school at Menasha High School. We just came back to school after our lunch break. Kids started saying our president John Kennedy was shot at that time no one knew if he was dead or alive. Everyone just couldn’t believe what was happening. The teachers turned on any radio they could get their hands on. We listened until the fatal news came he had died from 2 gun shoots to his head. Until the school day ended everyone just couldn’t believe what was happening. All the basketball games were canceled due to the President Kennedy death for that weekend. I will never forget how none really knew what to say or do. How could that happen to our President not in this day and age. We studied President Lincoln assignation, but this is 1963 things like that don’t happen in this day and age. I remember one girl saying oh he was just a democrat. I looked at her like are you nuts. Life was never the same after that assignation of our 35 th President John F. Kennedy has changed the world that terrible day in history.
I wrote a poem upon the 50th anniversary of JFK's death called "The Pink Suit." It is about my vivid memories of that awful day when I was five years old.
I will never forget it. Ever. Thank you for this episode.
If anybody wants a detailed account of what Jackie went through in the hours following the incident (and happen to see this comment) I’d highly recommend Caitlin Doughty (Ask a Mortician)’s documentary on the matter!
Thank you, my thoughts exactly!👍😽
Yes! She's amazing and very informative
My best guess would be that someone has the hat in their personal collection. Remembering Caroline’s stipulations, I’ve always thought that she was protecting her family from any further hurt.
It was Ladybird Johnson who tried to get Mrs. Kennedy to change her soiled clothes.
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I remember those days so well, even though I was very young. It was the first time I had seen adults cry. (I didn't know grown-ups could cry.) And I remember the drums as JFK's body was taken from the White House to the Capitol -- that and the Navy Hymn. To this day I start weeping whenever I hear that hymn.
Yes, I think it traumatised the whole nation. No one had it worse than poor Jackie though. I don't even think PTSD was an acknowledged condition then, let alone a treated one.
@@HistoryCalling The only event that affected me the same way was 9/11, and I was well into my forties by then.
Jackie had the funeral based on Abraham Lincoln’s funeral.
@@HistoryCalling PTSD is the new and more encompassing name for Shell Shock
@@margo3367 They were related, after all!
My great grandmother would always say to her daughter, my mother, and sisters that a proper lady does not leave her home without her hat, gloves, dress, and coat.
Her daughter was your GRANDMOTHER!
@@treasurehunteruk9718 Yes, I just wanted to show the line of generations.
@@anthonycalbillo9376 Did your great grandmother live to see your sisters?
@@treasurehunteruk9718 yes she did, she always lied about her age, so she was about 90 to 95.
They tired to ask Mrs. Kennedy to get changed and "She said No let them see what they have done."
08:44 After the funeral, people all over the country wrote to her expressing their condolences over the loss of her husband. She worked day and night answering each and every letter personally she received. It took three months working day and night, carefully reading each and every letter to write back specifically of what was written to her about. My mother wrote to her and Jackie wrote back a hand written letter from her. My mother cried and cried. An 11 year old girl in the neighborhood was concerned that cash would be tight with her with the loss of her husband, and on her own, wrote that she would babysit for her for free. Jackie wrote back thanking her for her "very kind and generous offer", and assured the kid that she's ok financially.
It seems I read that the suit was stored in a box at the home of Jacqueline's mother until it was turned over to the archives.
Yes, that appears to be what happened.
Very interesting n informative vid. Watched on TV n read about the aftermath of JFK death in 1963 as a child. Was too focused in the events to think about what
happened to her outfit. But ur vid brings up a very interesting question. Maybe someone has her hat n gloves kept for generations. Most people may dismiss it, but some do the unconventional. Kudos for vid. New subscriber because of this vid. Anticipating ur next one.
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Peripheral items and very peripheral issue! Not a comment intended to detract from another top class presentation. The info that she wore the bloodstained outfit to show 'What they'd done' more than justifies the effort and is something I'll never forget!
It is peripheral in many ways, but I wanted to do a video on that day that wouldn't entail getting sucked into all the conspiracy theories around it and that would look at Jackie more so than JFK.
I was only about 10.yrs old when this horrible event happened.. My parents were huge Kennedy supporters and there were beautiful portraits of JFK and his brother Robert Kennedy around our house.... We had the "Life" magazine with John F Kennedy and his family s pictures in it plus young John John playing under his father's desk ! My father met and shook hands with Robert Kennedy , I always remember these things when that tragic story surfaces ... It was the first time I'd ever cried over a person's passing that I'd only known through my parents and media... As far as to where Mrs.Kennedys hat & gloves are? I only hope they're with either a family member or properly disposed of...thank you for this video and I'll never forget that time in my young life...
I think Jackie took off both hat and gloves for a short time at the hospital in the need to complete arrangements for her husbands body. She probably set them aside for a staff member to look after. Then, with people hurrying her out (plus guarding her), she probably snatched the gloves up, had someone distract her with a question, and forgot to ask for her hat. Then either the staff member thought Jackie wouldn’t need it anymore, or when Jackie didn’t ask for it, later squirreled it away. Just an opinion though!
Oh yes, I'm sure the hat just wasn't on her mind after she took it off. Hopefully it was lost rather than stolen though.
Her husband didn’t go to hospital the navy took care of jfk as he was the first president not to be taken care of by the usual funeral services. Jackie demanded the navy deal with his body and arrangements because he was a navy man.
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Maybe her personal secretary threw the pillbox hat and gloves because she was in shock. Then again she took these items and gave them to the Kennedy family. Have you seen the video where you saw assassination of JFK? It’s not for the fainted heart. It must’ve been shocking for the people in Dallas witnessing the assassination of JFK. Thank you for this interesting video. I haven’t thought about her outfit. I assumed that all items were locked away. Thank you again and have a great weekend.
Yes, I've seen the Zapruder film. Grainy though it is, you're right that it's still awful. You just want to reach into the screen and pull him out to safety before it's too late :-( Have a lovely weekend too.
I was 9 years old, I told my mother that LBJ was responsible, she didn't believe me, I sat down and cried.