Remembering JFK Spotlight the Week Ahead

MONDAY

Pierre Salinger and the 1,000 Days of Camelot

Living Historian Terry Lynch portrays Pierre Salinger,in “1,000 Days of Camelot” at the Oak Lawn Library, 9427 S. Raymond Ave. Learn about one of the most exciting, glamorous and dangerous periods in our country’s history, told through the eyes of the trusted press secretary of President John F. Kennedy, who died 50 years ago this week.

TUESDAY

Historic Presentation: 50th Anniversary of JFK Assassination

Historian Jim Gibbons commemorates the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's death in a special presentation, “The Kennedy Assassination.” If you were alive at that time you most likely remember where you were when you learned that the president had been shot; if not you will learn why everything came to a complete halt with just four words “The President is dead.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Evergreen Park Library, 9400 S. Troy Ave., Evergreen Park.

FRIDAY

Jacqueline Kennedy

She held the nation together after the tragic assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, 50 years ago today. Historian Leslie Goddard portrays Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy in a one-woman show that exposes the private woman behind the public myth, her days in the White House, and her fight to protect her privacy and her children in the days following the death of JFK. 2 p.m. Oak Lawn Library, 9127 S. Raymond Ave.