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Kennedy Took Office
The day that John F. Kennedy and his family took office in the White House. -
Evelyn Lincoln
Took office as President Kennedy's personal secretary. She was so devoted to Kennedy that she kept all papers and doodles to come across his desk. She had later in life gave the paper to the Kennedy Library and the are now one of the most visited exhibits. -
Evelyn in the News
In January of 1962, Evelyn was mentioned in the News. She had a section all to herself about her office over viewing the White House rose garden and her position in the White House. She had said "Things were really more hectic when he was a senator." She had also mentioned Kennedy's daughter, Caroline. "And sometimes Caroline telephones to ask about her daddy or thank us for a piece of candy we've given her... She's a sweet well-mannered girl, never a bother to have around." -
Cuban Missile Crisis Sickness
Kennedy was said by Lincoln that he had faked a cold on the fifth day of the Cuban missile crisis, so he could cancel a campaign tour in the Midwest and return to the White House to meet with his national security team about the U.S. response to the Soviet missiles in Cuba. -
Secrets Not to Be Told
Sometime before Kennedy's trip to Dallas, Mrs. Lincoln later said, President Kennedy had told her that he planned to drop Mr. Johnson from the 1964 Democratic ticket. -
The Warning
Evelyn Lincoln had warned Kennedy that she felt him going to Dallas would be a mistake. She was right, because a short time after the warning, in Dallas Kennedy was shot. -
Kennedy's Burial
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To Turn Back the Clock to Camelot
"I couldn’t stand seeing the things he loved so much in a state of confusion, and I started searching through boxes looking for pictures of Caroline sitting solemnly in his Harvard chair. It had been taken on one of her evening visits to his office and was one of his favorite pictures. I wanted to bring it out to hide the ugly bareness of the room. I guess I wanted to reassure myself that nothing had changed."
— EVELYN LINCOLN,
My Twelve Years With John F. Kennedy -
Help for Gary Hart
In 1982, convinced she had found an exceptional president, she campaigned for Senator Gary Hart of Colorado. Telling one crowd, "The people who loved John Kennedy should love Gary Hart." But his candidacy collapsed in a scandal triggered by womanizing. -
Lincoln Talks
