Hicksville High School - Comet Yearbook (Hicksville, NY)

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 To the President of the United States A President has died, and the nation mourns. But the nation does not mourn the death of a President. Rather, it mourns the death of a man. And no nation can give to any man in the hours of his passing a greater tribute. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was no ordinary President. There was a flair about him that reminded Americans of themselves. He was a married man, and from the pictures that show him with his wife, it is evident that he loved her very much. He had two children, a lovely girl and a little, mischievous boy whom he cherished with all his heart, and who relieved him and made the world bearable when the onerous weight on his shoulders became too heavy. On his face was a smile that could melt the snow, and a pair of eyes that shone because he was glad to be alive. He had a purpose, and he stood firmly like a man to fullfill it. Faithfully, he held moral and religious be- liefs, and he struggled with the pressures of his position to maintain them. And so, w'hen all of this was taken from John Kennedy, Amer- icans cried not because they had lost a President, but because they had lost one who had profoundly overcome the imperson- ality of his office. They remembered his father’s illness and how he had remained a loyal son; his wife’s miscarriage and how he had continued as a devoted husband; his children’s rest- lessness and how he had remained a loving father. They re- called him in church, and in his automobile, and they remem- bered his frequent flights from those who guarded him, be- cause he wished to be a free human being, and not always a con- fined President. Yes, John F. Kennedy was a human being. With his tragic death the nation justly weeps. 9

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JOHN F. KENN EDY 1917 - 1963 8

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