John F. Kennedy, the U.S. Senate's most eligible bachelor, and twenty-four-year-old
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier were married sixty-five years ago today in Newport,
Rhode Island.
The wedding ceremony at
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church was filled to capacity and attracted a large
crowd of onlookers. The reception for
1,200 guests was held at the expansive Hammersmith Farm, where Jackie grew
up. Among the guests was Vice President
Nixon, who entered Congress with Kennedy in 1947. There was huge media coverage of the event,
including a front-page story in The New York Times. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy honeymooned in
Acapulco.
The photo here of the newlyweds includes Charlie Bartlett on
the left; he introduced his old buddy Jack to Jackie at a dinner at his
Georgetown home in 1951. Behind the
bride is twenty-one-year-old Ted Kennedy.
JFK's college roommate and old friend Torbert Macdonald, who would be
elected to Congress the following year, is on the far right. The photo, from
the JFK Library, is of unknown origin.
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