Through Thomas Jefferson’s eyes, the bobble head stood along Elm Street in Dealey Plaza and had a perfect view of the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Or at least it seemed that way because of all the…
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313: MY JOHN F. KENNEDY TRIBUTE ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’ PART TWO – THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS
In the first episode of my tribute to President John F. Kennedy on my show ‘Hail to the Chief’, which was published on October 24, 2024, my photographer and I took you on a journey from young JFK’s birth up…
312: MY TRIUMPHANT RETURN ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’ WITH A TRIBUTE TO JFK
My photographer and I began taping episodes of our show, ‘Hail to the Chief’, in August 2021. The show has been intended to be our personal tribute to each President by telling stories and sharing photos about our journey around…
266: PRESIDENT KENNEDY CAME TO LIFE IN BILLINGS – NEARLY 60 YEARS AFTER HIS VISIT
Tom had his alarm set for 6:00am on Friday September 15, 2023, but he was up a half-hour earlier to drop the Cosby kids off at the pool. It was a bittersweet morning for me. I was sad to leave…
244: IN SEARCH OF THE SICKLY RAT-FACED MUCKER OF CHOATE
The three of us arrived in the town of Wallingford, Connecticut around 12:15pm on Friday June 9, 2023. Tom had made special arrangements with Nicole Thomas, the Communications Office Coordinator at Choate Rosemary Hall School, for a 1:30pm tour of…
243: THE EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD AT CHET’S DINER
I wasn’t taken by surprise when Tom’s alarm rang at 4:00am on Friday June 9, 2023. I was shocked, however, when my photographer got his large carcass off the bed and into action without any hesitation. The reason for his…
242: THE BROOKLINE CONNECTION OF YOUNG JOHN KENNEDY
The day was growing old when we departed Quincy, Massachusetts and headed north towards Boston on Thursday June 8, 2023. As I saw the clock ticking towards three o’clock in the afternoon, I started to wonder what the traffic situation…
9: JFK SLEPT HERE
I had visited the hospital where Kennedy was pronounced dead and I stood on the spot where he was shot; but as my sightseeing window was closing fast on that trip, I asked Kim Johnson for one last favor: Please…
8: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
On November 9, 1984 a motion picture was released called A Nightmare on Elm Street that featured a burnt killer named Freddie Krueger who slashed kids in their sleep with his bladed leather glove. That movie took place in the…