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Jacqueline Kennedy: White House Card Signed to JFK's Personal Secretary, Evelyn Lincoln....
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"There will never be Camelot again"
Jacqueline Kennedy: White House Card Signed to JFK's Personal
Secretary, Evelyn Lincoln. 4" x 2.5" on "The White House,
Washington" imprinted card. Addressed to John F. Kennedy's personal
secretary, Evelyn Lincoln. Mrs. Kennedy presents the card to Mrs.
Lincoln and writes, "Dearest Evelyn, There will never be Camelot
again, Jackie."Jackie was the first person to refer to the JFK administration as "Camelot." In late November 1963, just days after her husband's assassination, she gave a rare interview to Kennedy family friend, Theodore H. White, parts of which were published in the December 6, 1963 issue of LIFE magazine as, "For President Kennedy: An Epilogue."
In that brief but incredibly illuminating exchange, she expressed that iconic, indelible phrase that came to define the brief Kennedy presidency. She recalled that, "At night, before we'd go to sleep, Jack liked to play some records; and the song he loved most came at the very end of this record. The lines he loved to hear were: 'Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot." She then went on to emphasize that, "There'll be great Presidents again - and the Johnsons are wonderful, they've been wonderful to me - but there'll never be another Camelot again...and it will never be that way again."
The record that Mrs. Kennedy referred to in the interview was the Camelot Original Broadway Cast Recording issued in 1960, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. It is based on the legend of King Arthur as adapted from T.H. White's 1958 novel, The Once and Future King. President Kennedy had been a classmate of Lerner at Harvard University.
After Jackie's published interview, an important association developed in public consciousness between Camelot and the Kennedy White House, and the importance of this association continues to this day.
Evelyn Lincoln was personal secretary to President John F. Kennedy from his election to U.S. Senate in 1953, until November 1963, and was even present in the Presidential motorcade when he was assassinated. Mrs. Lincoln wrote a book about her time with the President titled, My 12 Years with John. F. Kennedy.
Condition: Very small tape remnant on the verso. Very fine.
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2022 December 3 - 4 The Seeley Family Presidential Christmas Collection Americana & Political Signature® Auction #6263 (go to Auction Home page)
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