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SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Historians assess the promise and paradox of JFK at his centenary

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SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Historians assess the promise and paradox of JFK at his centenary

July 29, 2019January 21, 2026

By Mark Pattison | Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON — Even the youth and "vigah" of John Fitzgerald Kennedy would be put to the test today, as JFK would have turned 100 years old on May 29, which happens to be Memorial Day this year.The centenary of Kennedy's birth has brought fresh appraisals of Kennedy, the first…...