5
July 28, 1964
You open your eyes. You glance at the clock. 9:30 am.
You look over at Jack. He was still asleep.
You try to climb out of bed. Trying not to wake him up.
You tiptoe to the bathroom to get ready.
Today is Jackie's birthday. So You and Jack are going to Arlington National Cemetery.
Jack turn over in his sleep. He reaches out to you but you weren't in the bed.
Jack opens his eyes. He looks around for you.
I'm in the bathroom Jack, You said.
You walk out. You were dressed in this.
You had on a black dress with black heels.
( Arlington National Cemetery)
The Paparazzi was going crazy taking pictures.
You were holding Jack's hand.
Jack look back at the car. Before you two started to walk in the cemetery.
You follow him up a thing of stairs.
You watch him lay the flowers down on Jackie's grave.
You had your hand on your stomach. You had a sad smile on your face as you watch Jack.
There was grave by Jackie. It said Daughter on it. The date. August 23, 1956.
You look closer at the other grave.
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
August 7, 1963 -August 9, 1963
Jack had noticed that you have walk to another grave by him.
We had found out that Jackie was pregnant again in 1963. Everything was good in the pregnancy and We have named him Patrick. Jackie went into labor and Turns out that something was wrong with Patrick. My son died in my arms, then three months after Patrick's death. Jackie died, Jack said.
I'm sorry so Jack, You said.
It's not your fault. I think that the Kennedy's has a curse, bc Jackie and I got married in 1953. Then Jackie had found out that she was pregnant. She had a miscarriage. Jackie got pregnant again in 1956 with our daughter Arabella. On August 23, 1956, Arabella was stillborn and I wasn't even there for my wife, Jack said.
Oh, Jack. I'm so sorry, You said as you wrapped your arms around his neck.
Let's go. We have to get back soon, Jack said as he takes your hand.
( The White House )
You were in your office. You were doing some paperwork .when the door open.
Hey. I have something that I want to show you, Jack said.
Can it wait, Jack? I have to get this paperwork done, You said.
No, It can't wait, I need to show you, Jack said.
You notice that his suit had some paint on it.
Ok. I guess that the paperwork can wait, You said.
Yeah, It can. Now let's go, Jack said as he grabs your hand.
You two were in front of a door.
Where is the surprise at, You ask?
Open the door, You will see the surprise, Jack said.
You look at him before you open the door.
Behind the door .
It's beautiful Jack. You did all of this by your self, You said.
Yeah, I did. I'm glad that you like it. It took me two hours to get it done, Jack said.
That explains. Why you have paint on your suit, You said.
I have to change suits. I have a speech in an hour and I need you to come with me, Jack said.
Ok. Where is the speech going to happen at, You asked?
In front of the White House, There is going be a lot of paparazzi here, Jack said.
( One hour later )
You and Jack were in front of the white house.
The paparazzi were already here and they were going crazy.
Um. What do I if they asked me a question about you, You asked?
Just tell them something, Jack said.
What if they asked me if I'm pregnant or not, What do I tell them, Jack, You said.
Are you ready to tell the world? That you are pregnant with my child, bc you are starting to show soon and they are going to start noticing, Jack asked?
I want to but I'm scared Jack. What if they called me a whore. Bc Jackie hasn't been a gone a year and you already move on that fast, You got some girl pregnant. I'm just saying, You said.
If they do say something .Don't listen to them, They just want to start trouble and rumors, remember Jackie and Thomas would want us to move on. They would want us to be together. It's nothing to feel guilty about y/n. I didn't know Thomas but I know that he wouldn't want you to be sad, Ik that it takes time to heal, Ik that bc It still taking me time to heal. I'm saying that Jackie and Thomas would want us to be happy, Jack said.
You look into his greenish-grey eyes. Before a smile came upon your face.
You watch him get ready for the speech.
It's a very difficult job to be the wind-up speaker to these distinguished gentlemen, but it is the sort of thing they always do to Democrats, particularly in Connecticut.
I think the success of any school can be measured by the contribution that the Alumni make to our national life. And by this standard I think Choate has succeeded very well, for the Alumni of Choate have made a great contribution to this Country in war and in peace. But there is one field in which Choate and the other private schools of the Country have not made a contribution, and that is in the field of politics. It's perhaps natural that this should be so. In America, politics are regarded with great contempt; and politicians themselves are looked down upon because of their free and easy compromises.
I think that General Claire Chennault, when he returned home from China, expressed the typical American's opinion about politics. He was asked whether he was going to run for Governor of Louisiana and he said: "No, I'm an honest man." Most people in America approved of this sentiment. But I do not think that General Chennault realized that when he made that statement, he had measurably weakened the structure of the democratic government that he had fought so long and so well to preserve.
I am not going to make any defense tonight for American politicians. However, I do think it is well for us to understand that politicians are dealing with human beings, with all their varied ambitions, desires, and backgrounds; and many of these compromises cannot be avoided. But it is true that in politics in America there are a great many men whose two objectives in politics, according to Robert Ingersoll, have been "grand and petit larceny."
I think that for this situation we from Choate and graduates of the other private schools must bear our share of the responsibility. It seems to me that Choate and schools like it, and colleges too, have been taught by men who have taken small interest in the contemporary political life around them – with the exception of the gentleman on my left, Mr. Russ Ayres. When Professor Brogan of Cambridge University came to Harvard in 1936 he was shocked to find the men who were teaching politics, who were discussing Aristotle and Plato, had no knowledge whatsoever of politics and politicians in nearby Cambridge.
I believe that in the future, if Choate is really to survive, the men who teach at Choate must instill in its students an active interest in our politics and in the National life around us.
I remember when I announced my candidacy, I was slapped on the back by a great many lawyers, bankers, and stockbrokers who wished me well and said they were glad to see young fellows going into politics. But that was the last I ever saw of them. They helped neither me nor my opponents. They forgot the words of Rousseau who said, "As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State, 'What does it matter to me?' the state may be given up as lost." The figures show it. In Brookline, a very well-to-do community, only twenty per cent of the people voted in the primary; in New York at a recent congressional election only ten per cent. They called themselves independents, they voted only in the Presidential election which meant in fact, that they were too lazy to vote in the primary. And they are the people who have the greatest stake in our society. They are the ones who criticize the most and who have and will have, in the future, much to lose; but they take little or no interest in our political life. And many of them are graduates of schools like this.
It seems to me that, in the days to come, Choate can continue the great work that Mr. and Mrs. St. John have begun by interesting their students in politics, by substituting occasionally Frank Kent's book on politics for Aristotle, for we must recognize that if we do not take an interest in our political life we can easily lose at home what so many young men have so bloodily won abroad. I don't think this will happen. But it is the great challenge of our times.
Thank you very much.
Everyone Clapped.
Does anyone have any questions, Jack asked?
I have a question, One of the asked?
What is your question, Jack asked?
Does your new assistant like working with you, They asked?
Yeah, I do. I love working with him, You said.
Thank you for coming, Jack said.
( Later that night )
You were already in your PJ for the night .
Your Outfit .
You were about to crawl into bed.
When the door opens. It was Jack.
Hey, You said as you climb into bed.
I will be in bed soon, Jack said as he kisses you on the head.
Night, You said.
Goodnight, Jack said.
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