One Brief Shining Moment

"A few years before she died, I wrote about all that for Parade magazine, an appreciation of Jackie, not as a superstar but as a good mom…Her kids didn't get into trouble, they didn't drop out, they graduated, they got jobs." - James Brady

Jack used to watch the White House television tour all the time. It was so sweet the way he was proud of me. I was so happy that I could do something that made him proud of me. I was never any different once I was in the White House than I was before, but suddenly everything that had been a liability before: my hair, that I spoke French, that I didn’t just adore campaigning, that I didn’t bake bread with flour up to my arms… When we got in the White House, all the things that I’d always done suddenly became wonderful to people. I was so happy for Jack that he could be proud of me. It made him so happy, and it made me so happy. – Jackie Kennedy, 1964

The Kennedy Family in Palm Beach, c. December 1937

John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy photographed on the lawn of their family estate c. 1957

Jack Kennedy with friends c. 1930s

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐒 attends the Trooping the Colour ceremony in central London as King Charles III celebrates his official birthday | 13 JUNE 2026

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐒 attends the Trooping the Colour ceremony in central London as King Charles III celebrates his official birthday | 13 JUNE 2026

Jacqueline Kennedy stands by John F. Kennedy as he speaks to the press. The Kennedy’s were headed to Buckingham Palace for a formal dinner. June 5th, 1961.

Audrey doing ballet