RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Monday, May 29, 2017, officially marks the observance of the 100"1 birthday of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35lh President of the United States; and
WHEREAS, The City of Chicago honors the memory of a great leader who envisioned a "New Frontier" of peace, international cooperation, the eradication of poverty and an end to social and racial injustice; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this anniversary by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born at 83 Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts and was the son of the late Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., and Rose Elizabeth Kennedy; and
WHEREAS, Educated in private schools in Brookline, Massachusetts, the Bronx, New York and Wallingford, Connecticut, John Fitzgerald Kennedy concluded his education at Princeton University and Harvard University; and
WHEREAS, In June 1938, John Fitzgerald Kennedy sailed to Europe with his father and older brother Joseph to work in the American Embassy in London where Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., served as Ambassador to the Court of St. James; and
WHEREAS, After graduating cum laude from Harvard College in 1940 with a Bachelor of Arts in Government, with a concentration on international affairs, John Fitzgerald Kennedy joined the United States Naval Reserve on September 24, 1941; and
WHEREAS, While in command of PT-109 as it conducted nighttime patrols near New Georgia in the Solomon Islands on August 1-2, 1943, the patrol boat was rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri, and cut in two; and
WHEREAS, John Fitzgerald Kennedy's heroism saved the life of ten surviving crew members when it appeared that all was lost; and
WHEREAS, For his gallantry in the rescue of his crew, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal; and
WHEREAS, In 1946, John Fitzgerald Kennedy won election to the U.S. House of Representatives from Boston's 11th Congressional District; and
WHEREAS, In the fall 1952 national election, John Fit...
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