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    2012 Profile in Courage Award Honors Iowa Justices Who Legalized Same-Sex Marriage and U.S. Ambassador to Syria (May 7, 2012)

    Boston MA – Three former Iowa Supreme Court Justices who were removed from office by Iowa voters after joining a unanimous decision to legalize same-sex marriage in that state were presented the prestigious John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™ today by Caroline Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Former Iowa Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and former justices David Baker and Michael Streit were chosen in recognition of the political courage and judicial independence each demonstrated in setting aside popular opinion to uphold the basic freedoms and security guaranteed to all citizens under the Iowa constitution.

    Also honored with a Profile in Courage Award at today’s ceremony was Robert Ford, U.S. Ambassador to Syria, whose bold and courageous diplomacy has provided crucial support to Syrians struggling under the brutal regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

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    Delaware High School Student Wins National John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest (April 5, 2012)

    Boston, MA—The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation today announced that Patrick Reilly, a junior at Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware, has won the national John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest for High School Students™. Reilly will be honored by Caroline Kennedy during the May 7, 2012, Profile in Courage Award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston for his prize-winning essay on former Delaware Governor Russell Peterson, who, in 1971, courageously defied corporate interests in an effort to preserve the natural beauty and resources of Delaware’s coastal areas. Reilly will receive a $10,000 award for his first-place essay.

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    Unpublished Letters Written by Ernest Hemingway Made Available for the First Time by JFK Library (March 28, 2012)

    Boston, MA– The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum today announced that fifteen letters written by Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway to his close friend Gianfranco Ivancich have been made available to scholars. Hemingway met Ivancich and his sister, Adriana, who became the author’s muse, while visiting Venice in 1949. The letters provide a glimpse into Hemingway’s life in Cuba and his travels around the world.

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    2012 Laurence L. & Thomas Winship /Pen New England Awards Announced (March 13, 2012)

    BOSTON, MA – PEN New England announced the winners of The Laurence L. & Thomas Winship /PEN New England Awards, celebrating best works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by New England authors.

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    2012 John F Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Winners Announced (March 12, 2012)

    Boston MA – Three former Iowa Supreme Court Justices who were part of a unanimous decision to legalize same-sex marriage in that state have been named this year’s recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™. Former Iowa Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and former justices David Baker and Michael Streit were chosen in recognition of the political courage and judicial independence each demonstrated in setting aside popular opinion to uphold the basic freedoms and security guaranteed to all citizens under the Iowa constitution.

    Also being honored with a 2012 Profile in Courage Award is Robert Ford, U.S. Ambassador to Syria, whose bold and courageous diplomacy has provided crucial support to Syrians struggling under the brutal regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

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    2012 Hemingway Foundation PEN Award Winner Announced (March 6, 2012)

    BOSTON, MA – PEN New England today announced that Teju Cole has won the 2012 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for a distinguished first book of fiction for Open City (Random House). Patrick Hemingway, the son of Nobel Prize-winning writer Ernest Hemingway, will present the prestigious literary award to Mr. Cole on Sunday, April 1, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.

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    Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Papers Opened by JFK Library (February 13, 2012)

    Boston —The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum today announced that it has opened and made available for research the first section of the Personal Papers of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. This portion of the collection features never-before-seen historic records from Mrs. Kennedy’s years as First Lady, including material relating to her efforts to restore the state rooms of the White House and her highly acclaimed televised tour of the First Family’s home, which aired on February 14, 1962 – fifty years ago tomorrow.

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    JFK Library Releases Remaining Presidential Recordings (January 24, 2012)

    BOSTON– The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum today announced that it has declassified and made available the final 45 hours of White House recordings that were secretly taped during President John F. Kennedy’s time in office. In all, President Kennedy recorded over 248 hours of meeting conversations and 12 hours of dictabelt telephone conversations on a system that remained a closely held secret even from his top aides. Today’s release encompasses meetings held during the three months leading up to the end of the Kennedy Administration.

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    John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Foundation Partners with Bingham to Present National Civil Rights Programming (January 11, 2012)

    Boston —The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Foundation today announced that it is partnering with the global law firm Bingham McCutchen in presenting JFK50: Justice For All, a 50th anniversary commemoration and celebration of the Kennedy presidency that will examine the core ideals that propelled the civil rights movement of the 1960s and continue to be of vital importance today.

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