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Aug 4, 2015 · Jacqueline Kennedy, the wife of President John F. Kennedy, coined the phrase “Camelot” to reference her late husband’s presidency. She revealed that he liked listening to music from the Broadway show of the same name.
- Why Camelot?
- Kennedy’s Camelot
- Building The Myth
- Political Realities
- A New Frontier
Camelot is a fictional castle and court that has featured in literature about the legend of King Arthur since the 12th century, when the citadel was mentioned in the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Ever since, King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table have been used as a symbol of courage and wisdom in politics. For centuries, King A...
In the early 60s, even before his death, Kennedy symbolised power and glamour in a way that American presidents had not before. Both Kennedy and Jackie had come from wealthy, socialite families. They were both attractive and charismatic, and Kennedy was also a World War Two veteran. Additionally, when he was elected, Kennedy became the second-young...
The term Camelot has been used retrospectively to refer to the Kennedy administration, which lasted between January 1961 and November 1963, capturing the charisma of Kennedy and his family. Camelot was first publicly used by Jackie in a Life magazine interview, after she invited the journalist Theodore H. White to the White House just days after th...
Like many myths, however, Kennedy’s Camelot was a half-truth. Behind Kennedy’s public image as a family man lay the reality: he was a serial womaniser who surrounded himself with a ‘cleaning crew’ who prevented news of his infidelities from getting out. Jackie was determined to ensure her husband’s legacy was not one of misdemeanours and unfulfille...
In 1960, the presidential candidate Kennedy had made a speech describing America as standing at a ‘New Frontier’. He referred back to the pioneers of the west who lived on the frontier of an ever-expanding America and faced the issues of establishing new communities: “We stand today on the edge of a New Frontier – the frontier of the 1960s – a fron...
Camelot is a legendary castle and court associated with King Arthur. Absent in the early Arthurian material, Camelot first appeared in 12th-century French romances and, since the Lancelot-Grail cycle, eventually came to be described as the fantastic capital of Arthur's realm and a symbol of the Arthurian world.
Shortly after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated (November 22, 1963), the former First Lady was talking with a journalist when she described her husband’s presidency as an American Camelot, and she asked that his memory be preserved.
The word “Camelot” evokes utopian ideals and high hopes. King Arthur and his knights are supposed to be pure-hearted, chivalrous, and endlessly courageous. In the same way, the Kennedy administration is sometimes remembered as a period of optimism, expanding opportunities, and humanitarian goals.
Jun 9, 2011 · A new television series is the latest dramatisation of the Camelot myth. But why is the legend of King Arthur such a compelling one in culture?
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Nov 13, 2013 · James Swanson explained why the thousand-day presidency of John F. Kennedy is known as Camelot. INSIDE EDITION has the story.
